Introverts are often misunderstood. This can make them look bad or simply weird or awkward. We know how that can feel. To lift your spirit and show you that you are not alone, we have complied all the introvert quotes we can find.

Actually, we don’t even know how many quotes are there. We only know it’s more 220. At least that’s where I stopped counting!

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Inspirational Introvert Quotes

“I think I’m a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.” – Helen Hunt

“When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.” — Albert Einstein

“Silence is a source of great strength.” — Lao Tzu

“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.” – Aldous Huxley

“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” – Rollo May

“Your solitude will be a support and a home for you, even in the midst of very unfamiliar circumstances, and from it you will find all your paths.” –  Rainer Maria Rilke

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” – Bertrand Russell

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” — Lorraine Hansberry

“The greatest art is to sit, wait and let it come.” — Yogi Bhajan

“I owe everything that I have done to the fact that I am very much at ease being alone.” – Marilynne Robinson

“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.” — Iain Duncun Smith

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – Mary Sarton

“I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward. —Susan Cain

Purely Introvert Quotes

“For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change”- Quentin Crisp

“Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture” -Laurie Helgoe

“The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind”- Albert Einstein

“Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.” – David Farr

“I’m a very analytical person, a somewhat introspective person; that’s the nature of the work I do.” – Joni Mitchell

“There’s a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.” – Tom Hanks

“I restore myself when I’m alone.” –  Marilyn Monroe

“Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak, and observe more than you know.” – Michaela Chung

“I am a minimalist. Therefore, I like saying the most with the least.” – Bob Newhart

“Better to keep quiet and let people think you’re an idiot than speak up and confirm it.” – Rodney Dangerfield

“A little hibernation is good for the mind.” — Michaela Chung

“I think a lot, but I don’t say much.” — Anne Frank

“Only silence can calm my soul.” 

“Asking an introvert to open up is as rude as asking an extrovert to shut up.” – Unknown

“People empty me. I have to get away to refill.” — Charles Bukowski

“I’m an introvert… I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees, flowers, the sky.” — Audrey Hepburn

“Being quiet is good, you can keep yourself safe from other people attentions.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

Funny Introvert Quotes

“Introvert conversations are like jazz. Each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and does his solo.” – Laurie Helgoe

Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea.” – Michaela Chung

Dare to dream Introvert Quotes

“Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again.” – Anais Nin

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” – Francis Bacon

“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.” – Napoleon Hill

“Never presume quiet is weak and loud is strong.” — Unknown

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.” – Jules Renard

“You can be a very charismatic introvert.” — Olivia Fox Cabane

“Your introversion is a gift that doesn’t need to be cured of fixed.” — Michaela Chung

“Everyone shines, given the right lighting.” — Susan Cain

“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” — Maya Angelou

“Stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. So, if you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth.” — Susan Cain

“The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. Those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before.” — Francis Phillip Wernig

“I believe that worthiness is our birthright.” — Oprah Winfrey

“Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.” ― Susan Cain

“Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.” —Laurie Helgoe

Sad Introvert Quotes

“At the end of the day, you won’t be happy until you love yourself.” — Lady Gaga

“If you’re an introvert, you also know that the bias against quiet can cause deep psychic pain. As a child you might have overheard your parents apologize for your shyness. Or at school you might have been prodded to come “out of your shell” -that noxious expression which fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go, and some humans are just the same.” ― Susan Cain

“Introversion- along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness- is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living in the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform.” ― Susan Cain

“Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you ‘too much’ in some ways and ‘not enough’ in others.” — Laurie Helgoe

Refreshing Introvert Quotes

“For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating.” – Jonathan Rauch

“Deep rivers run quiet.” — Haruki Murakami

“Don’t think silence is empty. It’s full of answers.”— Unknown Introvert Quotes

“Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds… Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.” — Neil Gaiman

“Blessed are those who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse them with, and something to judge.” — Paulo Coelho

“Listen more than you talk. Be awesome.” — Maxime Lagace

“Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured… Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you’re supposed to.” — Susan Cain

“Never let shyness conquer your mind.” — Arfa Karim

“When I am alone I can become invisible. I can sit on the top of a dune as motionless as an uprise of weeds, until the foxes run by unconcerned. I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing.” — Mary Oliver

Random Introvert Quotes

“Think and wonder, wonder and think.” — Dr. Seuss

“Originality thrives in seclusion free of outside influences beating upon us to cripple the creative mind. Be alone—that is the secret of invention: be alone, that is when ideas are born.” — Nikola Tesla

“I kinda live where I find myself.” — Bob Dylan

“Loneliness is failed solitude.” — Sherry Turkle

“Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.” – Liv Tyler

“I owe my solitude to other people.” 

“Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.” — Albert Einstein

“My imagination functions much better when I don’t have to speak to people.” – Patricia Highsmith

“Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it.” – John Green

“The limited circle is pure.” — Franz Kafka

“I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they’re good talkers, but they don’t have good ideas. It’s so easy to confuse schmoozing ability with talent. Someone seems like a good presenter, easy to get along with, and those traits are rewarded. Well, why is that? They’re valuable traits, but we put too much of a premium on presenting and not enough on substance and critical thinking.” ― Susan Cain

“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” — Stephen Hawking

“Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.” — Laurie Helgoe

“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.” — Han Suyin

“I’m an ocean, because I’m really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.” — Christina Aguilera

Misunderstood Introvert Quotes

“I know I seem really friendly, but I’m a closet introvert.” – Lauren Myracle

“I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around.” –  Charles Bukowski

“I am quite shy and people think I’m aloof.” — Kristen Stewart

“Introverts crave meaning so party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche.” – Diane Cameron

“Being introverted, it doesn’t mean necessarily being shy or being afraid of public speaking; it just means that it’s hard for me to interact with people for too long.” – Amy Schumer

“I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends’ lives.” – Steven Spielberg

“In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.” – Criss Jami

“Solitude matters and for some people it’s the air they breathe.” – Susan Cain

“Shyness is the fear of social disapproval or humiliation, while introversion is a preference for environments that are not overstimulating. Shyness is inherently painful; introversion is not.” ― Susan Cain

“I don’t want to be alone. I want to be left alone.” — Audrey Hepburn

“Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even physical health. Others seem aloof or self-contained, but their inner landscapes are rich and full of drama. So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.” ― Susan Cain

“There is a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. Also, I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. Really I have to exert myself and really say, oh God, I’ve got to see my friends because I’m too content by myself.” — Drew Barrymore

Introvert Quotes about Love

“When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release.” – Lana Del Rey

I want to be alone… with someone else who wants to be alone.” – Dimitri Zaik

“I want someone who will leave me alone most of the time. So I can share my entire life with him/her.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

Quotes on How Introverts Truly Feel

“Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends, colleagues, and family. Its easy to listen more than they talk, think before they speak, and often feel as if they express themselves better in writing than in conversation. Introverts tend to dislike conflict. Many have a horror of small talk, but enjoy deep discussions.” ― Susan Cain

“To thine own self be true.” — William Shakespeare

“How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here forever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself.” — Virginia Wolf

“Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren’t a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.” — Cheryl Strayed

“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.” — Jenn Granneman

“If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” — Jodi Picoult

“Cancelling plans is my favorite. And I like empty bookstores, rainy days and thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. Messy beds and over-worn pajamas make me comfortable. Most of all, I love to live with the small joys that a simple life brings to me.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up.” — Pearl Buck

The Best of the Rest

“If you can’t be kind, at least be quiet.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

“He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.” — Lao Tzu

“I’m not an anti-social rather I’m a pro-solitude.”— Unknown Introvert Quotes

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” — Aristotle

“Being silent is fine. Accept that and shine your own way.” — Maxime Lagace

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible.” — Pablo Picasso

“Since when is solitude one of the Seven Deadly Sins?” — Susan Cain

“Alone you’ll thrive. Alone you’ll feel alive.” — Maxime Lagace

“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.” — Han Suyin

“Kind and humble makes a better man than loud and muscle.” — Maxime Lagace

“The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.” — William Wordsworth

“I am quite shy and people think I’m aloof.” — Kristen Stewart

“Our greatest strength lies in the gentleness and tenderness of our heart.” — Rumi

“Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.” — Pierre Corneille

“If I won’t be myself, who will?” — Alfred Hitchcock

“Nothing is worthy than being yourself.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

“Everyone shines, given the right lighting.” ― Susan Cain

“We have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally.” ― Susan Cain

“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” — Franz Kafka

“Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word “loneliness” to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word “solitude” to express the glory of being alone.” — Paul Tillich

“What a commentary on our civilization, when being alone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that one practices it like a secret vice!” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“For quiet, sensitive souls, solitude is the golden thread that unites us with our inner world… We need quiet to connect the dots in our constellations of thoughts.” — Michaela Chung

“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” ― Susan Cain

“I enjoyed the discipline and solitariness of long-distance running, which allowed me to escape from the hurly-burly of school life.” — Nelson Mandela

Very private people have mastered the art of telling you little about themselves but doing it in such a way you think you know a lot.’ – Unknown

The Travail of an Introvert

“The highly sensitive [introverted] tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rather than materialistic or hedonistic. They dislike small talk. They often describe themselves as creative or intuitive. They dream vividly, and can often recall their dreams the next day. They love music, nature, art, physical beauty. They feel exceptionally strong emotions–sometimes acute bouts of joy, but also sorrow, melancholy, and fear. Highly sensitive people also process information about their environments–both physical and emotional–unusually deeply. They tend to notice subtleties that others miss–another person’s shift in mood, say, or a lightbulb burning a touch too brightly.” ― Susan Cain

“Don’t think of introversion as something that needs to be cured.” ― Susan Cain

“The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk. Use your natural powers — of persistence, concentration, and insight — to do work you love and work that matters. Solve problems. make art, think deeply.” ― Susan Cain,

“So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don’t let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don’t force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.” ― Susan Cain

“I’ll be honest with you, I’m a little bit of a loner. It’s been a big part of my maturing process to learn to allow people to support me. I tend to be very self-reliant and private. And I have this history of wanting to work things out on my own and protect people from what’s going on with me.” — Kerry Washington

“I don’t believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by committee… I’m going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone… Not on a committee. Not on a team.” — Steve Wozniak (Apple)

“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.” — Lao Tzu

“People think I’m quiet because I’m shy. The truth is I’m shy at first but when I’m comfortable with someone, I do the stupidest random things”– unknown

“Study me as much as you like, you will never know me. For I differ a hundred ways from what you see me to be.” — Rumi

“You shouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” — Isaac Newton

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” — Anne Lamott

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” — Plato

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.” — Bertrand Russell

“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” — Henry David Thoreau

“You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.” — Warren Buffett

“Being weird, independent, and loving solitude is not a limitation. They are my superpowers.” — Maxime Lagace

“Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.” – L.M. Montgomery

“You use words like ‘introvert’ and ‘extrovert,’ various traits of a personality. A lot of that stuff, we used in drama school, and that was kind of interesting, to realize my teachers sort of ripped off a lot of Jung. And how much of it is part of our society now, these phrases, introvert and extrovert, where it actually came from. “- Michael Fassbender

“I’m self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 percent; then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.” – Bjork

“The less I talk, the more my words have an impact, the more people listen.” — Maxime Lagace

“Life isn’t about just talking, it’s about thinking too.” — Marie Symeou

“Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.” — Steve Martin

 “You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.” — Stephen Chbosky

 “I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.” — Cicero

“Please kindly go away, I’m introverting.” – Beth Buelow

Introvert Quotes To Kepp you Motivated

“People are always so boring when they band together. You have to be alone to develop all the idiosyncrasies that make a person interesting.” – Andy Warhol

“Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.” – Charles Bukowski

“You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.” – Yoko Ono

“E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone. As far as I’m concerned, I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.” – Tom Hanks

” People say things to me like, ‘It’s really cool that you don’t go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs.’ I appreciate that, but I’m kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature.” – Emma Watson

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes”  ― C.G. Jung

I’m shy. Most people don’t take the time to get to know me. They don’t take the time to explore the real me. So I’d like to thank everyone who has. Everyone who didn’t miss out. – Wiz Khalifa

Before, when I was called shy, I believed I had to accept what other said as the truth. […] I do feel shy in certain situations, but those feelings aren’t central to my identity. There is much more to me than shyness. – Brittany Wood

“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.” — Lorraine Hansberry

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree- Susan Cain

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments – at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting- Susan Cain

If you’re an introvert, you know the relief when plans are cancelled. Unknown

Being quiet is fine, most people don’t listen anyways.— Unknown

“Your mind just needs a diet of calm and quiet.” — Maxime Lagace

“There is real comfort in being quiet.” — Justina Chen

“Don’t think I have no plan. All I want is my plan to do nothing.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

“Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.” — Susan Cain

“There is something more important than logic: imagination.” — Alfred Hitchcock

“An accusing heart couldn’t see her sins.” — Toba Beta

“Sometimes it’s better to be alone; no one can hurt you that way.” — Tinku Razoria

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don’t try to be right.” — Jules Renard

“When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that’s power.” — Laurie Helgoe

“To be happy with a calm life is ok.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

“I’m a straightforward person who has thousands of feelings behind a smile.” — Unknown Introvert Quotes

I’m not open to many people. I’m usually quiet and I don’t really like attention. So if I like you enough to show you the real me, you must be very special. – unknown

“It might drive some people crazy, living like this, but the quiet keeps me company.”– Pittacus Lore

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. ― Dejan Stojanovic

Quiet people keep thier secrets to themselves. That’s what makes them interesting… and usually worth the wait. – Kirsten Miller

My silence could mean you are not worth the argument. – unknown

George Harrison was known as the quiet Beatle. Quiet people are often quiet because they are deep thinkers – Ray Comfort

Quiet people, people who aren’t given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words – they’re also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting. – Damian Lewis

“Just because I’m not talking doesn’t mean I’m in a bad mood.”— Unknown

“Silence is not empty. It’s full of answers.” —Unknown

“The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.” —Shannon L. Alder

“Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell.”—Criss Jami

“An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.”— Walter Bagehot

“People inspire you, or they drain you – pick them wisely.” —Hans F. Hansen 

“Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward.” Elliot Kay

“It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it’s time to realize it with introverts.”— Susan Cain

“Extroverts sparkle, introverts glow. Extroverts are fireworks, introverts are a fire in the hearth.” Sophia Dembling 

“Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me?” —Albert Einstein

“It is a strange thing to be so widely known, and yet to be so lonely.”— Albert Einstein

“We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.” —Lady Gaga

“Kindly remove yourself from my personal space. Thanks.”— Gemma Correll

Be strong, be who you are and fight for your identity, fight for who you really are- Unknown

“Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.”— Susan Cain

“Introverts, the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.”— Susan Cain

“Our culture is biased against quiet and reserved people, but introverts are responsible for some of humanity’s greatest achievements.” —Susan Cain

“Being weird, independent and loving solitude are not limitations. They are my superpowers.” —Maxime Lagacé

“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.” —Anne Lamott

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”— Eleanor Roosevelt

“You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.”— Criss Jami

“Whew, that was close. I almost had to socialize.” —Unknown

“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”— Oscar Wilde

“Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking you are boring somebody.” —Helen Gurley Brown

“The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.”— Voltaire

“If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier.”— Sylvia Plath

“So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me, because I, too, am fluent in silence.”— R. Arnold

“Hell is other people.”— Jean-Paul Sartre

“As a child I suppose I was not quite normal. My happiest times were when I was left alone in the house on a Saturday.” — Charles Bukowski

“The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.” —Anneli Rufus

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.” —Albert Camus

“Don’t come unannounced. I’ll watch you knock on the door”— unknown

“You’re in my happy space when you come too close to me” —unknown

“People? No thanks” -unknown

There are times I wish I was a master magician so I could disappear into the folds of time. 
– Jaeda DeWalt 

My idea of a fun night was diving into a massive pile of To Be Read books stacked near my dresser. 
– Jeff Sampson

It takes 3 hours to be mentally ready for a 2-hours outing. It doesn’t look like a good deal —unknown

While others chat, introverts listen, observe, analyze, and collect impressions. 
– Laurie Helgoe

It’s not because I don’t want to look at you. It’s that I don’t want to be seen. 
– Jonathan Lethem