Introvert insights:

 

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.