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“You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.”

Wisdom Circumspection Gregariousness

Book:Alice in Wonderland

Source: Alice in Wonderland

“If you elect to join the herd you are immune. To be accepted and appreciated you must nullify yourself, make yourself indistinguishable from the herd. You may dream, if you dream alike.”

Assimilation Nullification Gregariousness Acceptation Group Mentality

Book:Tropic of Capricorn

Source: Tropic of Capricorn

“I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.”

Loses Silence Solitude Loner Gregarious Gregariousness

Author:Karen Armstrong

“Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.”

Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

“Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are not unfriendly; they offer a vast and solacing anonymity or an equally vast and solacing gregariousness. But one needs a neighbor on whom to practice compassion.”

Needs Cities Compassion Practice Kindness Virtue Modern Offers Towns Neighbor Urban Anonymity Unlearn Unfriendly Gregariousness

Book:The province of the heart

Source: The province of the heart

“A large family party is rather too much like a flight of tomtits; everlasting twitter, but no conversation; gregariousness without companionship.”

Party Too Much Conversation Flight Companionship Everlasting Large Family Gregariousness

Book:Notes of Thought

Source: Notes of Thought

“Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.”

Individual Concern Mediocrity Sole Swear Refuge Gregariousness

Author:Boris Pasternak

“Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.”

People Matter Air Solitude Breathe Introvert Gregariousness

Author:Susan Cain

“Love is essential, gregariousness is optional.”

Love Love Is Essentials Introvert Optional Gregariousness

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Scan new acquaintances for those who might fall into the former categories or whose company you enjoy for its own sake. And don't worry about socializing with everyone else. Relationships make everyone happier, introverts included, but think quality over quantity.”

“There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.”

Culture Noise Gregariousness

Author:George Steiner

“You're told that you're in your head too much, a phrase that's often deployed against the quiet and cerebral. Or maybe there's another word for such people: thinkers.”

People Too Much Quiet Phrases Thinker Introvert Cerebral Diners Gregariousness

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“Kevin Smith is so great in 'Kingdom Come,' isn't he? He's kind of this very earthy poet. He just has this immediate gregariousness, like, you kind of just want to be his pal.”

Want Kind Poet Like You Kingdoms Kevin Pals Kingdom Come Gregariousness

Author:Daniel Gillies