Quotes About Introversion

I am not someone who likes cocktail parties or large dinner parties, but I have to attend them often. I much prefer very small dinners with close friends.

I'm more of a homebody. I'm constantly asked: 'Why don't we see you out?' But that's not what drives me. I prefer to have people over - which I do a lot, because I bought a house that's way too big for me, and four of my friends live there.

I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.

I always have to prepare myself emotionally to go to a party. It's a little overwhelming for me, but it's a great place to meet people.

I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if I have to do a reading, preparing.

I was a shy child. I had anxiety. I used to cry when I had to give a presentation.

I don't do much press. I don't like to talk about my music too much before I do it.

I'm very shy deep down.

I'm one of those people that, if I'm sad or depressed, I don't talk to people about it. I bottle it in.

One thing I'm hearing a lot is from teachers who have felt that there's something wrong with the extreme group learning, but felt like they couldn't say that out loud. And apparently the discussion is now opening up. I think change is going to be a long time coming.

I was a wallflower who planned to stay that way, who never imagined anybody else to be.

Keep in mind that there are generally more extroverts than introverts in the world.

Simplemente no puedo ser amable. No puedo expresar mis sentimientos... Como si eso de alguna manera fuera revelarme demasiado... Exponerme. Así que siempre aparento ser tranquila, escondo mis emociones... Trato de ser fía y calmada. Tengo dificultad de abrirme con la gente.

Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster.

For the socially timid, the kitchen is the place to be. At least, it is a place to start.

The one good thing about being kind of shy is that nobody bugs you when you want to be left alone.

I'm one of those people who never knows what to say, so I say nothing. Then people think I am a snob. Or if I do say something, half the time I blurt out the wrong thing and embarrass myself.

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

I just hate knocking on doors. I'm the same with making phone calls when I don't know who's going to answer. I'm just not very good socially.

He was a nobody. One of those shy kids who turned into social invalids when that first blast of adolescence hit, meekly accepted their fate, and became invisible.

Extraverts ... cannot understand life until they have lived it. Introverts ... cannot live life until they understand it.

I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to.