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Introvert quotes are like little life-saver rafts for introverts navigating a world full of extroverts. They're snippets of wisdom that capture the essence of our introverted mindset and help us to feel seen and appreciated in a world that sometimes feels like it's designed for the loud and outgoing. Yuck, right? And if you were in search of just the right kind of quotes on being an introvert, this is your ultimate list!

While quotes about introverts can come in all shapes and sizes, they usually manage to capture the essence of what it means to be an introvert pretty well. For example, many introvert quotes focus on our tendency to prefer solitude over socializing, and that’s only the truth. These quotes for introverts may also touch on the idea that introverts tend to be more introspective and reflective than their rambunctious counterparts. Basically, far superior to anyone else, amiright? One other great thing about introvert quotes is that they can also be funny, thought-provoking, or even a little bit kooky - just the same as we are! 

So, ready to check our misunderstood introvert quotes? To be fair, they aren’t only about the misunderstood part of our lives - there is also a fair share of funny introvert quotes on the hilarious hardships we have to endure in a world of extroverts. And although we understand that canceling plans at the last minute is a glorious affair, let’s not do it this time and continue to read these cool quotes that we’ve rounded up, okay? Give your vote to the best introvert quotes and share this article with anyone who might feel the same way as you do!

#1

Stephen Hawking Quote About Quiet People “Quiet people have the loudest minds.” - Stephen Hawking

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Jo314129
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought it was just me. I have constant inner monologues going on in my mind ALL of the time that even I'm tired of listening to myself.

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

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

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    “Sometimes quiet people really do have a lot to say… they’re just being careful about who they open up to.” - Susan Gale

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! Or having so many thoughts, but saying them out loud is just too tiring and there’s not enough of a pause in the conversation to do so, so you just sit there quietly and somewhat awkwardly. Or you’re listening in and intrigued by said conversation, as long as you don’t have to contribute. At least, that’s me.

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    Diane Cameron Quote About Party Talking “Introverts crave meaning so party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche.” - Diane Cameron

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    scag$y
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me, one of the most banal questions which absolutely ALWAYS crops up early in 'chitchat' is 'What do you do for a living?', as if your job somehow defines you as a person. We're all just selling our days to the highest bidder so does anybody really CARE about what a complete stranger does for money? Now, if somebody asked me what I did for FUN, that might be quite interesting.

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    #6

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

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    #7

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

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I'm hearing is: I can stand and "be pretty" and let the world come to me.

    #8

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

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I think this sums it up nicely. I’ll be happy when school ends and I can be by myself for more hours in the day.

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    #10

    “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

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    #11

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

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    #12

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

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like when someone asks you a super straightforward question and your mind goes absolutely blank, even when it’s something as dumb as “what’s your favorite food?”

    #13

    Rodney Dangerfield Quote About About Proving That You Are Idiot “Better to keep quiet and let people think you’re an idiot than speak up and confirm it.” - Rodney Dangerfield

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    #14

    “I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.” - Laurie Helgoe

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    Jo314129
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the worst kind of bored, I'd rather be bored in my own bed.

    #15

    “After an hour or two of being socially on, we introvert need to turn off and recharge… This isn’t antisocial. It isn’t a sign of depression.” - Jonathan Rauch

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    #16

    “’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

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    #17

    Plato Quote About Wise Men “Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.” - Plato

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    #18

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

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    “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

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    Glengoolie Blue
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I turned off all ringers and notifications and got voice-mail-to-text service. I realize not everyone can do that, but it's fantastic if you can.

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    #20

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

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    “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

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    Jo314129
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have ya'll heard the old saying: It's the quiet ones you have to worry about.?

    #22

    Michaela Chung Quote About Small Talk “Introverts dislike small talk, but we are fluent in the language of ideas and dreams.” - Michaela Chung

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder whether they mean “dream jobs” or “sleep dreams”. Cause I have no idea what I want to do (I know I want to be an author, but I’m also not naive and I know that I won’t automatically be a bestseller or anything.) And if they’re talking about sleep dreams, then boy, do I have vivid ones!

    #23

    “Most inventors and engineers I’ve met are like me. They’re shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone…” - Steve Wozniak

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    #24

    “There is a tremendous difference between alone and lonely. You could be lonely in a group of people. I like being alone. I like eating by myself. I go home at night and just watch a movie or hang out with my dog. 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

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    StitchIsCuteAndFluffy
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have 0 close friends. But I’m never lonely. (My mom is kind of my best friend, but I love her so I don’t mind one bit.)

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    Lana Del Rey Quote About Introvert Finding 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

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

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    Jo314129
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about introverts that get tired of listening to their own selves?

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    #27

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

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    “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 to work alone… Not on a committee. Not on a team.” - Steve Wozniak

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    #29

    Franz Kafka Quote About Being Quiet “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

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    #30

    “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

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    #31

    “I’m very picky with whom I give my energy to. I prefer to reserve my time, intensity, and spirit exclusively to those who reflect sincerity.” - Dau Voire

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    #32

    “Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.” - William S. Burroughs

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    #33

    Proverb Quote About Not Speaking “A wise man once said nothing.” - Proverb

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

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    #35

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

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    “Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.” - Susan Cain

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    Jo314129
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me! Although, deep down, I'm hating every second of it most of the time.

    #37

    “My alone feels so good, I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” - Warsan Shire

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    Margaret Donnano Quote About Knowledge “I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.” - Margaret Donnano

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    K W
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know who that is but if she's alive still she's got to be very disappointed with the state of things.

    #39

    “An introvert may feel asocial when pressured to go to a party that doesn’t interest her. But for her, the event does not promise meaningful interaction. In fact, she knows that the party will leave her feeling more alone and alienated.” - Laurie Helgoe

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    April Kepne Quote About Seeing More Sides To Things “I’m indecisive because I see eight sides to everything.” - April Kepne

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

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    "You see things. You keep quiet about them and you understand." - The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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    Michaela Chung Quote About Being Quiet “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

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    #44

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

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    #45

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

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    #46

    “Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.” - Susan Cain

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    Helen Hunt Quote About About Being Very Daring “I think I’m a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.” - Helen Hunt

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    #48

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

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    #49

    “You only know part of me. I am a universe full of secrets.” - Lupytha Hermin

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    “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

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    “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

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    #52

    “I have to be alone very often. I’d be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That’s how I refuel.” - Audrey Hepburn

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    Rollo May Quote About Overcoming Fear Of Being Alone “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

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    “What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were more, not fewer reflective types in the world.” - Susan Cain

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    #55

    “I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.” - Bob Newhart

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    #56

    “Let’s clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.” - Laurie Helgoe

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    Susan Cain Quote About Doing Things At Your Pace “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.” - Susan Cain

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    #58

    “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

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    #59

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

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    #60

    “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

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    Jarod Kintz Quote About Talking To Food “I talked to a calzone for fifteen minutes last night before I realized it was just an introverted pizza. I wish all my acquaintances were so tasty.” - Jarod Kintz

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    “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

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    “Loneliness is failed solitude.” - Sherry Turkle

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

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    Susan Cain Quote About Spending Time How You Like It “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

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

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    “I really like to stay in my nest and not move. I travel in my mind, and that’s a rigorous state of journeying for me. My body isn’t that interested in moving from place to place.” - Bell Hooks

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    #68

    “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

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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that explains a lot about why her hiking journey was so meaningful.

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    Helen Gurley Brown Quote About Always Talking “Never fail to know that if you are doing all the talking you are boring somebody.” - Helen Gurley Brown

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    #70

    "Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self." - Mary Sarton

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    #71

    “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

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    #72

    “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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    Laurie Helgoe Quote About Being In The Wrong Environment “A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment.” - Laurie Helgoe

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    #74

    “The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person’s solitude.” - Rainer Maria Rilke

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    “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

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    “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 themselves with, something to judge.” - Paulo Coelho

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    Felicia Day Quote About About Being An Introvert “I was just confused about why I was feeling overwhelmed all the time and trying to adjust to having people work for me. Surprisingly, I think if you’re known on the Internet, you’re probably an introvert.” - Felicia Day

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    #78

    "I don’t have time for superficial friends, I suppose if you’re really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what’s the point?" - Courtney Cox

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    #79

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

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    #80

    “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.” - Björk

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    Bertrand Russell Quote About Happy Life Being A Quiet Life "A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dares live." - Bertrand Russell

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    #82

    “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

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    #83

    “Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.” - Al Gore

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    #84

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

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    Laurie Helgoe Quote About Being Your Own Best Friend “As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves.” - Laurie Helgoe

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    “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

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    “I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps but other people emphasize my loneliness.” - Anais Nin

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

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    Michaela Chung Quote About Stomping Down On Introverts “Every time we stomp down our introverted nature, we crush part of our soul in the process.” - Michaela Chung

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