"the magical thing about books is you can never know which one is going to change your life"
- Tahereh Maf, February 6, 2014

Journal

When she turned to me and said "I want my books to have their own shelves," that was when I knew moving in together would be the right thing for us.

How to Care for Introverts

• Respect their need for privacy.


• Never embarrass them in public.


• Let them observe first in new situations.


• Give them time to think. Don't demand instant answers.


• Don't interrupt them.


• Give them advanced notice of expected changes in their lives.


• Give them 15 minute warnings to finish whatever they are doing before calling them to dinner or moving on to the next activity.


• Reprimand them privately.


• Teach them new skills privately rather than in public.


• Enable them to find one best friend who has similar interests and abilities; encourage this relationship even if the friend moves.


• Do not push them to make lots of friends.


• Respect their introversion. Don't try to remake them into extraverts.

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Note: If you're feeling the urge to print out this list and post it on your front door, you may enjoy Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto by Anneli S. Rufus

26.) Own books - good books, and lots of them.

They're friends even in the worst of times, and they say a lot more about you than a shelf of videos.