"I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy."

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Marian Keyes

#Shy Quotes #Introverted Quotes

“Anything that lights your world leaves it dark once it's gone.”
“What mechanism can it be that results in the production of homologous organs, the same 'patterns', in spite of their not being controlled by the same genes? I asked this question in 1938, and it has not been answered”

Source : Sir Gavin De Beer (1971). “Homology: An Unsolved Problem”
“The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is a process of discovery. We are looking for the meaning of life. No matter where you are, there are conflicts and dramas everywhere. It is the process of what it means to be a human being; how you react and are reacted upon, these inward and outer pressures. If you are writing with a direct cause in mind, you are writing propaganda. It's fatal for a fiction writer.”
“I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.”
“A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy and unsocial chess player. Now matter how great his chess skills, he lacked the people skills to be a self-promoter and fund-raiser.”
“What I am is what I am. Are you what you are - or what?”
“People thought once Obama got into office that racism was over with. But, what we ended up learning was that it just came more into the light.”
“Well maybe it is stupid, but it's also dumb!”

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