“We know what it feels like to have our energy drained by too much interaction. It feels like my brain is tired, almost like a muscle would be tired. The more depleted my psychic energy is, the slower my thoughts come, the harder it is to speak full sentences or focus on what’s going on around me. My senses become even more sensitive; noise and fuss are more overwhelming. And I become tense, irritated, cranky. That’s when I know I need to stop, sit down, let my brain relax and put up its metaphorical feet.”
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“Jax steps away from me. “Learn to let go of whatever’s haunting you. You don’t want to become like me, ruining anything good in your life. Unfortunately, people like me don’t get a big happy ending. But you deserve it all. The dancing in the rain finale with some lovesick twat who can give you the best of him for the rest of your long lives.” He walks back to his room, leaving me in a mess of my own emotions. Jax Kingston stole a piece of my heart, and I’m not sure if I’ll ever get it back. And worse, I don’t know if I want it.”
― Wrecked
― Wrecked
“Nine out of ten introverts agree: The telephone is the tool of the devil.”
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“It's not that introverts aren't good team players. We just don't need to be in the same room as the rest of the team at all times. We would much prefer to have part of the project carved out for us to squirrel away with it in our offices, consulting as necessary but working independently.”
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgemental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
― The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World
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