13.07.2015 Views

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can ... - WordPress.com

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can ... - WordPress.com

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can ... - WordPress.com

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>The</strong> rest <strong>of</strong> my family took its cuefrom him. In our house, read<strong>in</strong>g wasthe primary group activity. OnSaturday afternoons we curled up withour books <strong>in</strong> the den. It was the best <strong>of</strong>both worlds: you had the animalwarmth <strong>of</strong> your family right next toyou, but you also got to roam aroundthe adventure-land <strong>in</strong>side your ownhead.Yet as a preteen I began to wonderwhether all this read<strong>in</strong>g had markedme as “out <strong>of</strong> it,” a suspicion thatseemed confirmed when I went away tosummer camp at the age <strong>of</strong> ten andwatched as a girl with thick glasses anda high forehead refused to put downher book on the all-important first day<strong>of</strong> camp and <strong>in</strong>stantly became a pariah,her days and nights a hell <strong>of</strong> social exclusion.I longed to read, too, but leftmy own paperbacks untouched <strong>in</strong> my760/929

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!