{"quotes":[{"text":"I'm as apolitical as possible. I don't hang out with too many people. I'm a loner. For the most part, when I show up, I read a book or work on my computer, and stay out of everybody else's way.","author":"Eric Bischoff","tags":["apolitical","loner","personality"],"id":7086,"author_id":"Eric+Bischoff"},{"text":"Bjarne Møller, my former boss, says people like me always choose the line of most resistance. It's in what he calls our 'accursed nature'. That's why we always end up on our own. I don't know. I like being alone. Perhaps I have grown to like my self-image of being a loner, too....I think you have to find something about yourself that you like in order to survive. Some people say being alone is unsociable and selfish. But you're independent and you don't drag others down with you, if that's the way you're heading. Many people are afraid of being alone. But it made me feel strong, free and invulnerable.","author":"Jo Nesbø","tags":["independence","loner","self-image"],"id":8743,"author_id":"Jo+Nesb%C3%B8"},{"text":"Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["absorbent","ambivert","assumption","awareness","bias","cool","crazy","culture","discernment","down-to-earth","extrovert","friendly","intelligent","introversion","introvert","judgment","knowledge","learned","loner","misunderstood","mysterious","normal","observation","odd","prejudgment","prudence","psychology","quiet-people","reality","reflection","shy","silence","social","social-awareness","strange","thinking","underestimated","understanding","weird","wisdom"],"id":17374,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...The hope that they will leave soon.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["alone","alone-time","company","funny","funny-but-true","home","hope","humor","introversion","introvert","loner","privacy","shy"],"id":17643,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then I feel on my owm.","author":"Henry Rollins","tags":["boring","i","loneliness","lonely","loner","people","sad"],"id":39781,"author_id":"Henry+Rollins"},{"text":"I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else. I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. I can view everyone as pieces of a whole, and focus on the whole, not the pieces. I have learned to observe, far better than most people observe. I am not blinded by the past or motivated by the future. I focus on the present because that is where I am destined to live.","author":"David Levithan","tags":["drifter","future","lonely","loner","past"],"id":42805,"author_id":"David+Levithan"},{"text":"You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["anti-social","anti-social-instincts","antisocial","antisocial-instincts","bored","drained","energy","extroversion","extrovert","funny","funny-but-true","home","homebody","house","humor","instincts","introversion","introvert","loner","partying","peace","personality","quiet","quiet-time","recharge","rest","restoration","shy","sleepy","social","tired","traits"],"id":53537,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"There are times I wish I was a master magician so I could disappear into the folds of time, without consequence, without missing a beat. As an introvert, I need so much time to myself. I feel expansive and peaceful in my own space, constricted and chained, when confined to social situations. I can't blossom when pressed against everyone else.","author":"Jaeda DeWalt","tags":["being-an-introvert","introvertedness","loner","solitude"],"id":64618,"author_id":"Jaeda+DeWalt"},{"text":"There is no doubt that Einstein's pipe was his closest associate, while others--including wife and family--were never permitted the illusion that they would ever be at the center of his life.","author":"Palle Yourgrau","tags":["einstein","genius","isolationist","loner","popular-image","popular-misconception","reality","troubled"],"id":95445,"author_id":"Palle+Yourgrau"},{"text":"All the way, Zoe kept her chin up and pretended she wasn’t mortified, but his sour expression stayed with her. She wasn’t good at making American friends. She changed her language, conduct, and clothing, but it didn’t seem to matter. Whether she wore modest Middle-Eastern clothing or cute Western fashions, everyone knew she didn’t belong.","author":"Michael Benzehabe","tags":["america","benzehabe","immigrant","loner","mortified","outsider","pretend","shame","spy","unassimilated","western-fashion","zoe"],"id":108365,"author_id":"Michael+Benzehabe"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":45,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}