- “I am not antisocial, I just feel better when people are not around.” ― Efrat Cybulkiewicz
- Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. Napoleon Hill
- You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand. Stephen Chbosky
- It is a strange thing to be so widely known, and yet to be so lonely. Albert Einstein
- “Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.” ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana
- “Those who think a lot don’t talk much. Those who talk a lot don’t think much.” ― Shunya
- I came, I saw, I left early. Unknown
- 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 (Website, Twitter)
- Part 1. Now that you’re an adult, you might still feel a pang of guilt when you decline a dinner invitation in favor of a good book.
- Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. Bill Gates (Microsoft)
- He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know. Lao Tzu
- You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house. Criss Jami
- Being silent is fine. Accept that and shine your own way. Maxime Lagacé
- I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but like everybody else, it must be in my own way. Jane Austen
- The mind of an introvert is truly complex. We want solitude yet the feeling of loneliness cripples. Unknown
- I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. Bob Newhart
- Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. Anne Lamott
- The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most. Shannon L. Alder
- 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
- Why is it that nobody understands me, yet everybody likes me? Albert Einstein
- A wise man once said nothing. Proverb
- Introverts are offered keys to private gardens full of riches (YouTube video). To possess such a key is to tumble like Alice down her rabbit hole. She didn’t choose to go to Wonderland – but she made of it an adventure that was fresh and fantastic and very much her own. Susan Cain
- I want someone I can share my entire life with who will leave me alone most of the time. Unknown
- Quiet people have the loudest minds. Stephen Hawking
- If you can’t be kind, be quiet. Unknown
- Some animals naturally carry shelter wherever they go, and some humans are just the same. Susan Cain
- “I was at a point where conversations like that really messed up with my painstakingly woven thought stream of nothingnesses.” ― Constantina Maud, YT-79605
- If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier. Sylvia Plath
- Hell is other people. Jean-Paul Sartre (Whew, that’s a hard one)
- Just because I’m not talking doesn’t mean I’m in a bad mood. Unknown