Some findings reveal extroverts as more adept at reading nonverbal cues, and attribute this to the extrovert's greater interest and experience with social interactions. Another line of research using subliminal images of facial emotion found introverts to be more sensitive to the differences, and hypothesized that this may be why introverts regulate the amount of incoming social information.

A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment.

Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.

Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and future.

When a quiet introvert talks, heads turn, and that's power.