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.

~Sophia Dembling

'The Introvert's Way: Living a Quiet Life in a Noisy World'




Painting by Andrii Frolov