“Loners are the opposition. Pensive, thoughtful and furious, marooned with stories that need to be spoken out loud and no one to listen, curries to be cooked and no one to taste, days and days of traffic signals to be manoeuvred and no one to congratulate except other loners: they find each other because like all good maps there are familiar signs that lead the way. The loner who both observes and creates worlds necessarily speaks with many tongues. It is with these tongues that she explores the contours of the centre and the margins, the signs for somewhere and elsewhere and here and now.”
― Swallowing Geography
― Swallowing Geography
“Sometimes I wonder if being an introvert is a curse. On one hand you find solace in your own company and never feel sad about being alone. And on the other hand, you are afraid to even express your feeling to one you love until there is nothing but regret is left.”
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“In the midst of a thousand clouds and countless waters
there is an idle person.
By day, he roams the green mountains,
at night, he returns to sleep beneath the cliff.
Quickly, the seasons pass
in serenity, with no worldly bonds.
How joyful! What does he depend upon?
Quiet, like a large autumn river.”
― The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
there is an idle person.
By day, he roams the green mountains,
at night, he returns to sleep beneath the cliff.
Quickly, the seasons pass
in serenity, with no worldly bonds.
How joyful! What does he depend upon?
Quiet, like a large autumn river.”
― The Complete Cold Mountain: Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan
“Introverts enjoy people-watching. Extroverts enjoy people watching.”
― Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
― Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too
“Introverts live in two worlds: We visit the world of people, but solitude and the inner world will always be our home.”
― The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World
― The Secret Lives of Introverts: Inside Our Hidden World
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