One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.
Sophia Dembling’s The Introvert’s Way (via catsgomao)
This is good to keep in mind. We do seem to have this notion, in our society, that if someone is quiet, something is wrong, and we tend to jump to conclusions.