Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.

Introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation.

As a parent, if give yourself what you need, your children will watch you doing that and will give themselves what they need.

Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

Should we become so proficient at self-presentation that we can dissemble without anyone suspecting?

The next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the power of quiet.