Narjess

“لَو كَانَ الإستِسّلامُ إلى الحُزّنِ هُو المُتّبَع لمَا بَقّى عَلَى ظَهرِ الأرضِّ حَيّ”
― نجيب محفوظ

“A Manifesto for Introverts

1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers.

2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.

3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths.

4. Sometimes it helps to be a pretend extrovert. There will always be time to be quiet later.

5. But in the long run, staying true to your temperament is key to finding work you love and work that matters.

6. One genuine new relationship is worth a fistful of business cards.

7. It's OK to cross the street to avoid making small talk.

8. 'Quiet leadership' is not an oxymoron.

9. Love is essential; gregariousness is optional.

10. 'In a gentle way, you can shake the world.' -Mahatma Gandhi”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“أنا واحدٌ من هؤلاء البشر ، الذين يفضلون البقاء بلا رفقة ، ولكي أكون أكثر دقة ، أنا شخص لا أجد فى الوحدة أى أَلَم أو عناء. ولا أجد فى قضاء ساعة أو ساعتين يوميا فى الركض وحيداً بدون التحدُّث مع أحد ، وقضاء أربع أو خمس ساعات أُخرى فى مكتبي وحيداً ، شئٌ صعب أو مُمل. حيثُ إننى لدى هذه النزعة مُنذ طفولتى ، فمثلاً عندما يكون لدى خيار ، كُنت دائما ما أُفضل قراءة الكُتب فى عُزلة تامة أو الإستغراق فى الإستماع الى الموسيقى ، عن تواجدي مع أي شخص آخر.فأنا دائما لدي أشياء لفعلها وحيداً...!”
― Haruki Murakami

“I dislike interaction. The less I say the better I feel. I was naturally a loner. I didn’t want conversation, or to goanywhere. I didn’t understand other people who wanted to share their emotions. Parties sickened me. I was drawn to
all the wrong things: I was lazy
, I didn’t have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non
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being, and I accepted it. I didn’t make for an interesting person. I didn’t want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I
really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone. Relationships never worked with me. I alwayslost interest. I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings.”
― Charles Bukowski