Remember that introverts react not only to new people, but also to new places and events. So don’t mistake a child’s caution in new situations for an inability to relate to others. He’s recoiling from novelty or overstimulation, not from human contact. Introverts are just as likely as the next kid to seek others’ company, though often in smaller doses

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.

Women were also urged to work on a mysterious quality called 'fascination.' Coming of age in the 1920's was a competitive business.

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.

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

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

It's as if they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people's emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.