Quotes from Sophia Dembling

When did simple sadness become an inadequate expression of grief?

One of the risks of being quiet is that other people can fill your silence with their own interpretations: You're bored. You're depressed. You're shy. You're stuck-up. You're judgmental. You have nothing to say.

Ah, yes, the mix tape. The mating call of the introvert.

Every introvert alive knows the exquisite pleasure of stepping from the clamor of a party into the bathroom and closing the door.

If you are rejected by someone who doesn't really know you, then you are not being rejected for who you are. You are only being rejected for who that person thinks you are.

The reality is that you are not competing with extroverts for attention. Extroverts and introverts are apples and oranges. Extroverts sparkle, introverts glow. Extroverts are fireworks, introverts are a fire in the hearth. Extroverts attract people who like razzle-dazzle, introverts attract people who want to bask in your warmth.