...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?

The motives of mankind are plainer than the motions they produce.

Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.

Solitude matters, and for some people, it's the air they breathe

I was born as a forest, but I feel overwhelmed by all these trees.

The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million, without thinking twice. The same person who finds it difficult to introduce himself to strangers might establish a persence online and then extend these relationships into the real world.