Introverted Me Quotes

“I know I shouldn’t care what other people think of me, especially strangers, but sometimes I can’t help it. I’m smart enough to know I shouldn’t care, but not smart enough to know how to do it. Lucky me.”
― kevin martz, Introverted Me

“To be honest, I’ve never understood how everyone’s so good at making friends and talking to new people. It has never been one of my strong suits. I feel like everyone went to a ‘How to Socialize’ class that I wasn’t invited to.”
― Kevin Martz, Introverted Me

“I’ve never really understood the importance of class participation. If I have the knowledge and I can prove that I have it in a test or in some homework, then why do I have to show it off in front of the whole classroom to get the grade? Or worse, if I don’t know the answer, why do I have to humiliate myself in front of the entire classroom just for some points? I just don’t get it. All I can say is that I definitely didn’t want that top spot hard enough to participate daily in every class. Although I gotta say that sometimes I was tempted to force myself to participate just so I could get the teachers off my back. “You have to learn to come out of your shell,” “Don’t be shy, we don’t bite,” “You’re never going to make it in the real world if you don’t talk.” They always used the same old, tired phrases. I knew some of them had good intentions, and maybe they were right, maybe I needed to speak up and participate more, but why did they think it was a good idea to motivate me like that? I’m sure there are other ways to promote class participation without being so aggressive or rude. Public humiliation was not going to magically transform me into someone outgoing like my brother, my parents had already tried that for years with no results. It is the teachers’ job to create a safe space for students to grow and develop, not a safe space for mocking and bullying. By singling me out as the “quiet one,” the teachers basically put a target on my back and gave my classmates permission to mock me for the same reason. And they took that permission by heart. All through middle school, many kids enjoyed bullying me for being quiet—and for other things, like preferring to read during recess instead of playing sports and for my short stature, but mostly it was for being quiet, which is something that I’ve never fully understood. Why did being quiet make me stand out? Shouldn’t it have been the other way around? I used to try to not pay attention to the bullies, but when so many people—including some of the teachers—tell you that there’s something wrong with you, you can’t help but start to wonder if they’re right.”
― Kevin Martz, Introverted Me

“For some reason, the teenage boys of my family have the brains of a 3-year-old and the libido of a sex-crazed monkey.”
― Kevin Martz, Introverted Me: A coming-of-age story for introverts

“they were talking about girls in such a derogatory way that I decided”
― Kevin Martz, Introverted Me: A coming-of-age story for introverts