Aimee Toole

“Online friends networks and dating sites, like the coffeehouse, are responding to the needs of introverts. We can write, not talk. We can get to the good stuff, and we can press delete as needed.”
― Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

“Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you “too much” in some ways and “not enough” in others.”
― Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength

“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend.”
― Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

“I’m one of those introverts with well-honed social skills, and I have even danced on the occasional table, but I have felt sheer panic when my exhaustion precedes my exit. It’s like the Cinderella story with a twist: I want to get out of there and into my duds before midnight—or ten, or eight.”
― Laurie Helgoe, Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength