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Quotes About Introversion

There are people who like to be alone without feeling lonely at all.
~ Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
~ Karin Slaughter
S___ likes being around other people; she just isn't particularly comfortable talking to them. She supposes that she is some variety of voyeur, enjoying the spectacle, breathing in the atmosphere, while experiencing uneasiness when asked to become part of it. None of this makes her unhappy. The life of a wallflower, she often thinks, is not such a terrible life.
~ Whitney Otto
era de esa clase de individuos a los que no se les ve a primera vista, aunque estén solos en el fondo de una piscina de cemento vacía
~ William Faulkner
It's the quiet ones who suffer most.
~ Christina Bartolomeo
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own
~ Henry Rollins
Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.
~ Henry Rollins
Xeno couldn't manage too much nearness. He was solitary and introverted, with an enthusiasm that people mistook for sociability. He was interested in everything, attentive to people, genuinely kind, and entirely present when he was present. But he was never sorry to close the door at night or to be alone.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.
~ Susan Cain
I don't surround myself with anybody, really. I have friends, but I'm kind of an isolationist now. I kind of work on my own.
~ Exene Cervenka
I'm a very private person. I don't go out much. I'm home with kids. I go to work. I don't really like being the focus of attention, which is why I like being behind the camera more.
~ Angelina Jolie
I like meeting people and I like connecting with people, but I still find Im quite shy about it. I find it stressful, but I like it.
~ Mary McCartney
I like not being noticed. It has been a struggle because I love performing, but if I'm in a group of people and someone has a bigger personality, I'm like, 'Go ahead, and have fun!'
~ Amy Adams
I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.
~ Sheri L. Dew
I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not. If I'm around people, I'm gonna do my thing. But I'm not really with the fake kickin' it - everything's organic, everything's natural.
~ Cordae
I was nervous to even talk to other kids in my class. I would hide in my room when my parents had people over.
~ Brie Larson
I had never been much for outdoor activities.
~ Amanda Blake
Before my mum passed away, I was a very extroverted person; I was very outgoing. I didn't care what people thought about me.
~ Fran Kirby
I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it.
~ Charlotte Rampling
I was a very quiet kid who didn't feel normal being outgoing and running around, so all the beauty that was in my life, I found in books. Books that made me think and transported me into a different world.
~ Alison Sudol
Du skjønner, det er så mye som ikke for plass om sommeren og høsten og våren", sa hun. "Alle som er litt sjenerte og litt rare. Forskjellige slags nattdyr og folk som ikke passer inn noen steder, og som ingen tror på. De holder seg unna hele året. Og så, når det er helt stille og hvitt og nettene blir lange og alle har gått i hi - da kommer de fram.
~ Tove Jansson
Han gikk og gikk, men ikke noe hendte, skjønt det var fullt av folk på alle hold. Og knøttet møtte ingen som han kjente, for knøttet var et meget ensomt lite troll, og altfor sky og blyg til å si : Hei! Kan jeg få snakke litt med deg?
~ Tove Jansson
Your personality is a result of your preferences, such as your inclination to introversion or extroversion. However, like IQ, personality can't be used to predict emotional intelligence.
~ Travis Bradberry
The recluse, the shunner of fame, the "I just want to be alone" escapee—B. Traven was one, so was J. D. Salinger—seems perversely to invite intrusion.
~ Paul Theroux