#introvert

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. Or maybe you like to eat alone in restaurans and could do without the pitying looks from fellow diners. Or you're told that you're "in your head too much", a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Of course, there's another word for such people: thinkers. ↗

— Susan Cain

#thinkers #introvert

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness. ↗

— Ariel Gore

#silence #socialization #talking #introvert

When the chips are down, you are alone, and loneliness can be terrifying. Fortunately, I've always had a chum I could call. And I love to be alone. It doesn't bother me one bit. I’m my own company. ↗

— Audrey Hepburn

#introvert #loneliness #love

The only problem with seeing people you know is that they know you. ↗

— Brent Runyon

#introvert #introverts #journalism

The limited circle is pure. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#introverts #society #introvert

Introverted seekers need introverted evangelists. It's not that extroverts can't communicate the gospel, either verbally or nonverbally, in ways that introverts find appealing, it's that introverted seekers need to know and see that it's possible to lead the Christian life as themselves. It's imperative for them to understand that becoming a Christian is not tantamount with becoming an extrovert. ↗

— Adam S. McHugh

#christians #evangelism #extroverts #introverts #spirituality

Introverts treasure the close relationships they have stretched so much to make. ↗

— Adam S. McHugh

#introverts #friendship

In a team setting, leadership is shared by a community of people, which counters the tendency for pastors to form congregations in their own images. ↗

— Adam S. McHugh

#introverts #leadership #pastors #teamwork #leadership

Everything about the music industry takes away from you as an artist. They're always wondering what the next thing is: 'What do you have?' It's a very introverted process. ↗

— Gary Allan

#always #artist #away #everything #industry

I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid. ↗

— Jamie Bell

#boundaries #definitely #everyone #gave #gone