Introvert insight:

If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet ... maybe we could understand something.

– Federico Fellini.

Introverts dislike small talk, but are fluent in the language of ideas and dreams.

– from The Irresistible Introvert by Michaela Chung.

Sometimes I go out and hear people talk about irrelevant things, and then I tell myself this is why I don't go out. 

– Keanu Reeves.

When an introvert is quiet, don't assume he is depressed, snobbish or socially deficient. 

– Laurie Helgoe.

Introvert insight:

I don’t mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans

but talking about what I am doing is not something I’m good at.

I do what I do and that’s it.

I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it.

– Henry Rollins.

I think a lot, but I don't say much.

– Anne Frank.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

– Euripides.

We introverts love to wander.

Our favorite destination for quiet explorations is our imagination.

No matter where we are, we feel called away by our own thoughts.

– from The Irresistible Introvert, by Michaela Chung.

Introvert insight:

Introverts are word economists in a society suffering from verbal diarrhea.

– Michaela Chung.

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 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.

– Bjork.
 
Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

– Laurie Helgoe.

I'll read my books and I'll drink coffee and I'll listen to music, and I'll bolt the door.

– J. D. Salinger.

Introvert insight:

... 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.

Introverts:
As long as we have our books, our imagination, and a slice of solitude, we're content.

- from The Irresistible Introvert, by Michaela Chung.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner,
but I feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people than I feel on my own.

- Henry Rollins.

I withdraw from people and places from time to time.
I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.

- Kaitlin Foster.

Introvert insight:

While extroverts are verbal processors, who speak as they think, introverts need to think before we speak.

This leads to a slower, more thoughtful communication style that involves fewer words, and longer pauses.

- The Irresistible Introvert, by Michaela Chung.

Introvert insight:

Introvert insight:

Far from being bored in silence, introverts are often absorbed in a world of colorful thoughts.

We are eager for the pause because it gives us the chance to mentally digest what we have seen and heard.

- Micheala Chung, author of The Irresistible Introvert.

Introvert insight:

Introvert insight:

Introverts:

As long as we have our books, our imagination, and a slice of solitude, we're content.

- Michaela Chung, The Irresistible Introvert.