Some of my friends brand me this. In actuality, I just don't have much to say most of the time.

*Gasp* I know how you feel! Some of my friend groups brand me as "Too quiet", even though I don't have much to say most of the time. But I do generally vocalize what I have to say when I want to say it.

This troper also used to be like this. Back in early middle school, I used to barely ever talk. I'm a bit more talkative now, but I still have my quiet moments.

This troper too, although I frequently believe that it is other people who talk too much.

This troper has gathered a reputation of being the quiet one.

The first few weeks at my new school everyone thought I was either really shy or sick. I'm just strangely quiet for some reason, my mum actually thought I was depressed for a while. I would say I'm a quiet, sarcastic, Cloudcuckoolander. In band practice one of the trombone players dubbed me "the weird relaxed girl".

I think you and I belong together. <3. Or maybe we're clones. We're just that similar. :)

This troper tends to be this, both on and off the internet. I'm under the firm opinion that if my opinion's already been said, it doesn't need to be repeated. I'm also prone to being quite eloquent and private. It surprises almost all of my newer friends (both online and off) when they discover that I'm in fact an actor with aspirations of becoming a teacher.

Sometimes my classmates (new school long story)question me about my quietness I usually reply with " I just don't have anything to say" and just recently started to go out of my shell it's a slow proccess (it took months to make me talk more to them) but it's something.

This Troper is definitely one of The Quiet Ones. At least, IRL. If anyone met her online or at home they'd see a completely different side.

And this troper has a friend named Zack, who pretty much has stolen Brandon Heat's quiet personality. *laughs*

I'm the quiet one in my family because often when people in a conversation talk about something I'm not interested in or have no knowledge of I don't say anything,but I will contribute to conversations that I want to know more about or know things relating to it, also in school I rarely talked to anyone outside of projects because as you know you are not allowed to talk in class but in my art class I was given more freedom and people finally saw the real me how I am outside of school.

This troper used to be an example of this trope, including with only talking within projects at school. I started to come out of my shell when I quoted from Dr. Horrible during math class ("Gee, Sarcasm, that's original") while a guy I hated made a sarcastic comment. The entire class was shocked.

I don't consider myself ''that'' quiet, yet some of my friends are shocked when I use more than two sentences at a time. What can I say, short snarky quips are much more fun and much less taxing.

People keep asking me what's ''wrong'' that I'm not talking. I don't get it...

Geez, are you my long-lost twin sibling or what?

My TEACHERS think it's a problem that I never talk in class. They want me to share my ideas. Well, the person three spaces to the left of me already said it, what so you want me to do?

Me too, God damnit!

My teacher's did the exact same thing! I'd always be quiet in the back of the class and not answer questions because I have a fear of being wrong/ being stupid in front of other people. They always brought up how quiet I was in the the conferences and they'd try to get me to talk more.

This troper would say she's the quiet sarcastic one, and damn proud of it.

"I only speak when I have something to say." Apparently a six foot black male subscribing to this philosophy freaks the Hell out of some people.

Add "or when I feel snarky" to the end of the above philosophy and apply it to a white guy and you have this troper.

Are you my OppositeSexClone?

That would make us triplets, since that's this troper philosophy of living.

This Troper is easily the most quiet one in his class, and usually only says something to make a sarcastic comment. That's why when I start talking alot, my friends know something is wrong.

This troper is very much the quiet one. Again, it's more of the "If I have nothing to say, I won't waste your time" philosophy. The only exception is when I get nervous, at which point I began babbling.

This troper. She wishes people would stop asking her what's wrong when she's just trying to read or listen to her iPod or sit around daydreaming. The concern is kind of sweet, but it's also annoying.

I felt the same way in school some teachers would never leave me alone and were overly concerned that I rarely spoke in some of my classes mainly because I had no interest in the subject and sometimes what I wanted to say had been said, and then there were the annoying kids who attempted to be my friend who would never shut up.

Strangely enough, this troper is much less talkative in real life than when on a forum.

This Troper only talks when he has something funny or important to say. People often ask him, "What's the matter?" and ThisTroper replies, "Uh, nothing?" Sometimes that's not true, though, because when upset, he gets even quieter, if that's possible.

This troper's often been told to shut up, and that she was way too talkative...usually by sarcastic people after she'd spent a couple of hours not saying one word. So yeah, a Quiet One IRL, except when with close family. (Being drunk helps too, though not always.)

Alpha}} This troper is quiet mostly due to a very introspective nature and a very low-register voice. He is also quite capable of walking very quietly, leading to a lot of {{Stealth Hi Bye}} as well.

I'm sorry but are you me?

No, actually, I am he... as you are me as you are he and we are all together.

This Troper has always been shy and sensitive to sound; very much enjoying quite contemplation. Preferring to only speak when he has something important to say, he often gets a great deal of well meaning, but irritating, demands to "stop being so anti-social" from family and friends.

This troper has been told that too. Incidentally, it's kind of annoying to discover that your friends/acquaintances identify you as the kid who doesn't talk to other people.

I frequently spend too much time try to figure out precisely the correct way to say what I want, and by the time I've figured it out the conversation has shifted too far.

... Me. In real life, anyway.

This troper is pretty much silent unless she's interested in what other people are saying. Several times last year, the bus driver skipped her stop, only remembering I was on the bus after everyone was off the bus, since I didn't say a word. I also remember my step mom getting angry at me, and kicking me out of the house several times, because I was quiet and "sullen." Of course, if I talk a lot, she'll eventually get angry at some joke I say.

This Troper had to get an account when he saw this page. Almost 100% of these examples apply to me. I sat next to a guy in one of my classes for weeks without saying a word to him...until he heard me Deadpan Snarking. After that it was harder to NOT talk to him. I also get labeled by my social friends as The Quiet One when being introduced.

This troper fits this quite well. That is, when he isn't being a deadpan snarker (about a 50-50 split). Especially in my mixed gender classes. Since I've had an all male education until now, I get shy, nervous and quiet around girls, which means they all see me as this. It has its advantages - whenever I do speak in class, I usually come across as very intellient (and able to outsmart the teachers too...)

This troper fits this trope like a glove. At least, when not around friends, or on the internet.

This troper is a mix of this and ShrinkingViolet: she's very shy, but even when she's not being shy, she's still quiet unless she has something to say. Example? Once, during lunch, she was sitting at a table full of people who were all chattering on as usual. Someone said something (she can't remember what) which apparently warranted the following remark: "How specific." One of her classmates turned to her and said, "Whoa, that's like the first thing you've said all lunch." (It wasn't quite, but she still doubts she topped ten words.) The fact that she is often regarded as a TeenGenius (she disagrees; she just sounds smart because she's extremely articulate) also helps with the aura of mystery. Or whatever.

My parents and sister have all thought I was boycotting them since I never call, visit, email, etc.

Just recently, this Troper went to her rich aunt's birthday party. Apparently the said aunt was friends with the mayor, and he came to the party as well. Everyone at this little party saw how quiet and shy I was. Some of them, including the mayor, came to the conclusion that I was racist. Right. Because being quiet equals racism, I suppose?

This troper fits this trope. Consequentially, people mistake her for more of a ShrinkingViolet or FragileFlower than she is, which makes hilarity ensue when they start noticing her rare DeadpanSnarker moments or the dirty/immature sense of humor that she tries to keep to herself.

During most of his high school, this troper played The Quiet One role dead straight most of the time, though it might be justified mostly because his classmates spoke of people he didn't know, of places he hadn't gone to and things he never quite liked doing (cue LonersAreFreaks, etc); hence, this troper mostly limited (or was limited) to listen to his classmates talking about stuff he had no idea about. Not that this troper enjoyed high school or was known for having an expressive or outgoing conduct. But still, how is one NOT going to remain quiet most of the time when most of the time the people that surround your everyday speak of things you are totally unfamiliar with?

My best friend used to be this, but recently we were debating why Link never talks and then he said Excuse me , princess!

I tend to mentally liken people to animals based on their personalities, and so far I'm the only cat person in a school full of birds, dogs, squirrels, sheep and chickens. Since I'm a cat person, I'm not really attached to anything or anyone, I'm independent, I do things because I feel like it and not because someone tells me to, I'm not overly vocal or emotional, and I can disappear easily (which is useful for doing a StealthHiBye). A lot of people think I'm either a creepy stalker or a ninja. It gets old after a while.

This Troper is the most introverted out of her circle of friends and is extemely awkward when forced to talk to someone she doesn't know. People have told her to just say something, but it's haaaaaard! Though she can recall at least two rare incidents where she actually raised her voice to a shout; once in a D&D campaign against a Nemesis knock-off ("WHAT THE SHIT ON A SHIT SANDWHICH WITH SHIT SHITTITY SHIT?!?"), and when one guy pal shoehorned her into playing BlazBlue ("''TALK LOUDER!''" to Ragna's quiet victory quote).

This troper doesn't talk much. Especially when he's among people, he usually just listens.

This troper. Mostly out of sheer shyness. "......."

This troper is so very much this trope. Mostly for the same reason as above, but partially because I don't feel like talking.

This troper has always been told, "speak only when it improves the silence", and when the silence is already pretty good, well...

This troper. He prefers not to say anything unless there's a point to it, and also happens to be much less articulate verbally than he'd prefer. His guiding philosophy? A quote whose origin he, alas, fails to recall at this time: "It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."

This troper adheres to the idea of "If you have nothing good to say, then don't say anything". People think is weird and the fact I'm really shy doesn't really help. But I'd rather have something good to say than just something to say, makes conversations so much interesting.

Same here. I'm extremely shy, usually have nothing to say, and I'm so quiet that people don't hear me half the time when I do. I find it much easier to talk to people online, where thy can't see my face (or hear my voice, because I hate the fact that I have the voice of a little kid). On occasion, I'll write an extremely long message about something simple (Like my insanely large collection of stuffed animals, which barely fits into the largest box we have. Said box is at least as tall as I am, if I recall correctly, and most(?) of the collection is currently on a shelf in my closet).

This troper is extremely reserved in his words, going by the philosophy of "never say an unnecessary word" which works. However, because of my relative silence, people tend to ignore me a lot, including friends whom I've known for years, teachers that I actually like and I've had more than one person be surprised at the fact that I can talk. Nonetheless, I do have my moments of witty sarcasm but never more than 20 words a day inside of school. If anything, my silence can be attributed to my extreme shyness and my lack of social ability.

This troper barely uses his microphone when playing Left4Dead, even with friends! I generally don't have anything to talk about and won't talk unless something is happening in game. I am usually 99% silent in public games since I don't really feel like talking with people I don't know. Sometimes I can go several maps without saying a word and my friends may think my microphone broke.

This troper fits this trope at times. For example, at lunch, I sit across from someone I don't know and don't talk to. I've spent the past few months sitting across from this person (At a table where it's only myself and him), and yet we're both perfectly content to simply sit there silently, amusing ourselves quietly and independently of each other. This troper's friends think the situation is creepy, but I like the island of silence in an ocean of meaningless noise. Outside of a very small circle of friends, I tend to be either completely quiet or harsh, rude, and short. Mostly because I would prefer that the person in question also be completely quiet and stop talking to me. It also assists the general view of this troper's intelligence, which feeds my ego and helps my InsufferableGenius complex.

ThisTroper set up an account just to say "yeah".

ThisTroper, like many of the above examples, barely talks while in school (as in, there's one, maybe two people that I feel confident in talking with), yet is constantly being encouraged to socialize with other people. I'm not sure if I do the opposite out of spite/shock (see one of the entries in TheReasonYouSuckSpeech), or because I really don't feel like I have anything worth saying.

This troper is often seen as that, but is just that he prefers not to talk unless he has something to add to the conversation, and prefers to leave early from anything that might become FlameBait.

This troper, when not in school or with friends.

I fit so many of the page requirements that it borders on contradictory. Yes, I'm actually a Deadpan Snarker when in a (rare) eloquent mood, and I'm also a tall, EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who can come across as... intimidating, and also happens to be very clever. I tend not to speak because I don't see the point of my input into the conversation (SurroundedByIdiots...) then there's the part of me that acknowledges that being quiet seems to be a compulsion, like I just can't be arsed coping with people (who seem too loud lately, and boring) and another part of me sort of knows that the quietness is something of a mask, a way to keep myself separate, and leaving my thoughts untouched by those who pry. This is a double edged sword, as although I don't like people, I need them at the moment. My malfunctioning brain has made it quite clear that I need help, and quickly too.

When I'm surrounded by strangers/people I'm not comfortable with or working intensely on an art project, I instantly turn into this. This phenomenon has actually led to some later confusion, since I see to be quiet, polite and even shy when you first meet me, but the longer I know you and the more comfortable I become, the more I act like my normal loud, sarcastic and frankly kind of obnoxious self.

One of the students in a few of my college courses never spoke out loud even when we played games and she was the person who was it and giving clues, the only times she would ever speak is when she wanted to ask the teacher a question and she did so by whispering in their ears.

This Troper swings into this.Usually during his MoodSwinger moments.It used to be so bad,that I didn't talk until the end of school and once I went home.These days my friends ask me whats wrong,whenever i'm quiet.Which usually means i'm trying to not talk,or else i'll end up saying something mean/disagreeable that'll get someone mad.

Mix this trope with LargeHam, of all things, and you get me. Quiet during most classes, I'll occasionally slip into bouts of ham and then go quiet again from the inevitable weird looks. The more I know you, the more likely I am to become a ham.

This troper is verbose enough around friends, and I don't have a problem speaking up when I feel like it, but I'd much rather find a comfortable corner and read. That being said, I normally talk as much as the next person in class, but get into a big discussion, and I end up going the entire class without speaking. I prefer listening and reserving my judgement on most topics to talking about them myself. I am better about it now than I used to be, though.

I hardly say anything in class. Only when I teacher calls on me. I don't bother raising my hand because I fear saying something stupid or wrong... I hardly say anything with people I know too. Hell, I'd open myself up with a complete stranger but not a family member/friend.

I was a quiet one in seventh grade. I sat in the back of the room, not listening to the lesson writing song lyrics. Several of the girls said to the new kid, "Don't mind her, she's the quiet, weird one. She won't bite." I bite if provoked.

This troper once finished lunch early and went to spend the rest of the period in the computer lab. He actually had to walk past her desk to get to my computer. She didn't notice he was there until the bell rang 15 minutes later. Other times, he tries to swim away from this troper by breaking into random Non Sequiturs.

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This troper inverts most examples. In real life, he is a LargeHam, capable of reaching (and possibly even breaking) the BillyMays decibel range at times. On the internet, while not necessarily TheQuietOne ''all'' the time, he surprises real-life friends with how much more laid-back he is.

This troper has a weird philsophy: "If you have nothing good to say, don't say anything. If you have something good to say, nobody really cares anyway".

ZigZagged: this troper doesn't talk much, but when he does speak up his vocab makes him sound almost like Vaarsuvius. This is when I actually talk, though, which isn't much. And half the time it's 1-2 words anyway,. which is also Quiet. I justify this with "I don't talk much because I don't have much to say", and also, I don't think very quickly while speaking (despite Memetic Genius status) so using longer words actually gives me more time to figure out what I want to say when I do talk. And as you can probably tell, none of this applies online...

I don't tend to say much a lot of the time unless I have something worth saying (usually when the topic is sufficiently geeky). This and my tendency to pull off a Stealth Hi Bye is lampshaded on occasion by others by either making some comment on how I'm so quiet or calling me a ninja. Most days I don't say more than two or three short paragraphs. Others I do a pretty good impression of Brandon Heat. This post is likely going to be the majority of what I say today. ...

This troper will speak up in class or a formal discussion, but outside of class, she's been called "excessively quiet." It never occurred to me that silence might be described as "excessive." I'm more talkative online, where I can edit before posting. I think it's because I still don't particularly care for hearing my own voice a lot.

SenshiSun This troper finds her quietness started when there was a lot more risk in speaking- I don't like making people mad. Thus, less risk of problems= more talking.