Social Solitude Seekers Mugs

An Introvert's Guide to Surviving a Party

"Too crowded. Let's go."

"It's not the persistent lack of sunlight or freezing temperatures that bother me - it's the crowds I can't stand."

Club Antisocial

The Solitary 'Pleasure' Fisherman whose one desire is to get away from it all.

"I gotta be me!"

Sure, he likes it here - he's a cartoonist.

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

A vampire in a canoe.

'Stuck on a desert island, in the middle of the ocean, with only a palm tree for company, it's a bloody joke.'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

I should probably get out more.

Excess Baggage: Some people take getting away from it all very seriously.

"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..."

Crowded Ice Fishing

'Betty liked the way her house provided lots of private space.'

"The previous tenant was a bit of a shut-in."

"Look, if I had all the answers, would I be living alone on the top of a mountain?"

"Yes, I'm alone."

She required plenty of personal space.

"I'm leaving. It's just way too much collaborating."

"It's a beautiful day. I should go for a walk. . . Oh, now my neighbors are all out there."

The lonely figure

'What I've learnt sitting on this mountain, alone for ten years, is how boring sitting alone on a mountain for ten years is!'

This man is an island.

'It's a sign of the times, a high rise block of caves reserved for hermits.'

'Do you ever just feel like getting away from it all?'

'Openly sobbing, or non-openly sobbing?'

"Well, it gets lonely up here!"

A politician's dream come true...

The Piano Dreams Of Home

"Someday we will escape from this prison."

"I'm upstairs right now. On weekends and holidays, I go downstairs."

'Thoreau, doing research on chapter 7'

'A-1 security from crime ... but can't stand the isolation.'