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“It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.”
“Life isn't about just talking, it's about thinking too.”
“The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.”
“The acquisition of culture requires repose, sitting quietly in a room with a book, or alone with one's thoughts even any crowded concert or art museum.”
“The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.”
“People who are drawn to journalism are usually people who, because of their cynicism or emotional detachment or reserve or whatever, are incapable of being anything but witnesses to events. Somethi...”
“Anyone who writes books is at least mostly an introvert. Its amazing to be able to share that internalized part of myself, that little world that no one really knows about. I just wrote down it dow...”
“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything thats a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that dont fit in with other...”
“Anyone who writes books is at least mostly an introvert. It’s amazing to be able to share that internalized part of myself, that little world that no one really knows about. I just wrote down it do...”
