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Where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum... influences our choice of friends and partners, and how we make conversation, resolve differences and show love. It affects the careers we choose and whether or not we succeed at them.

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We've known about the transcendent power of solitude for centuries; it's only recently that we've forgotten it.

It’s never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population.

Our difficulty accepting impermanence is the heart of human suffering.

Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality … is where we fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum.

Solitude matters, and for some people it is the air that they breathe.

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