Quiet Time Enthusiast Gifts

"Not now, Matthew. This is Daddy's quiet-desperation time."

'That's where he goes to regain his sanity.'

Narrow Escape

"Hey, Eli, would you and your little friend mind getting as far away from me as humanly possible?"

"Not now Matthew. This is daddy's quiet desparation time."

1800: Literacy rates rise. Reading aloud for education and entertainment falls out of favor. Millions are shushed.

"Oh, thank God!"

"Extrovert me made the plans, but introvert me woke up this morning."

"It's only the first day of school, but I've already fully adapted to the silence."

"Don't forget, you owe me one hour."

"She also sits up there so she doesn't have to talk to anyone."

'Such a HOMELY place!'

'Like to read, huh? Me, too. I'm a big reader. I just finished a book by Brown. you know Dan Brown? Great writer...'

'I'm okay. I just wanted to remember what silence felt like.'

"Too crowded. Let's go."

Hush puppy.

"To be honest, I don't mind the cold, and being an introvert, and slightly antisocial, I really treasure the quiet time when the others have flown south..."

Book Me!

"Sigh...Another sherry Harold...Go team ect."

Man reads a book while seated in a loveseat as a cat peers over the seat at him.

"You go ahead and sleep, girl. I’m sure Philip Roth won’t be offended."

Cyber Dream

Holiday-Cancelling Headphones

Sitting in the dark and not talking for two hours - the cinema was one of their favourite dates yet.

"I'd say hi to my favorite teacher, but I think she's enjoying some quiet remote-from-us learning."

"I hope this is the right wine for reading and ignoring one another."

"I've got him on vibrate."

"Sure, I love the scent of a REAL tree, but nothing beats the convenience of ignoring the holidays altogether."

'What you want is not time to yourself, you want time up yourself.'

"Personally, there's nothing I like better than to curl up in bed with a bad woman."

'Do you have anything on obtrusive personality disorder?'

"... but this is Emily Dickinson and that's a car alarm!"

"But otherwise I'll bet they lead very dull lives."

Shut the F#%* up! (Formally Shhhh!)

"There goes Daddy to the park again! And do you know what he does in the park? He sits! That's what he does. He sits! He goes to the park and just sits!"