Royal Military College Saint-Jean

Military college on the Richelieu River at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. In Quiet (Susan Cain) the psychologist Brian Little hides from a lunch there.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
Quiet	Susan Cain	setting	Brian Little escapes lunch by walking the river path, then hides in a restroom: a ‘restorative niche’.

Quiet — Susan Cain (2012)

Source: Quiet · Original · Readwise highlight

Little visited the Royal Military College Saint-Jean on the Richelieu River, forty kilometers south of Montreal, to address a group of senior military officers.

• Role: setting
• In the book: After lecturing senior officers at the college, Brian Little escapes the lunch by strolling the path along the Richelieu, pretending to look at boats, and when the path turns inland he hides in a restroom stall.
• Why it matters: The anecdote introduces Little’s idea of the ‘restorative niche’ for introverts acting out of character.