- I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. Bob Newhart
- 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
- I like cancelled plans. And empty bookstores. I like rainy days and thunderstorms. And quiet coffee shops. I like messy beds and over-worn pajamas. Most of all, I like the small joys that a simple life brings. Unknown
- “I am not antisocial, I just feel better when people are not around.” ― Efrat Cybulkiewicz
- 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
- Quiet people have the loudest minds. Stephen Hawking
- The mind of an introvert is truly complex. We want solitude yet the feeling of loneliness cripples. Unknown
- The more you talk, the less people listen. Meg White
- “Healthy introspection, without undermining oneself; it is a rare gift to venture into the unexplored depths of the self, without delusions or fictions, but with an uncorrupted gaze.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Unpublished Writings from the Period of Unfashionable Observations
- Being weird, independent and loving solitude are not limitations. They are my superpowers. Maxime Lagacé
- A wise man once said nothing. Proverb
- 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
- “Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- Loneliness is failed solitude. Sherry Turkle
- Part 3. Or you’re told that you’re “in your head too much”, a phrase that’s often deployed against the quiet and cerebral.
- Much of the answers already exist internally but the world is seeking them externally. Maxime Lagacé
- Some animals naturally carry shelter wherever they go, and some humans are just the same. Susan Cain
- 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
- Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage not weakness. Unknown
- All sorrow has its root in man’s inability to sit quiet in a room by himself. Blaise Pascal
- Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking you are boring somebody. Helen Gurley Brown
- “Most people are just filler- like extras in the background of movies exist to make the scene appear fuller- they exist only to make earth appear fuller. But, really they are vapid, substanceless, in fact I avoid most people like the plague” ― Mohadesa Najumi
- Being silent is fine. Accept that and shine your own way. Maxime Lagacé
- 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
- The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most. Shannon L. Alder
- Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Gustav Jung
- “It is the nature of physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around. Charles Bukowski (Another hard one)
- Silence is beautiful, not awkward. The human tendency to be afraid of something beautiful is awkward. Elliot Kay
- Silence calms my soul. Unknown