Scribbling things makes you look studious and thoughtful, as if the thoughts crowding your brain are coming so fast that there's a danger that you'll be overwhelmed by them.
Sometimes, being serious and studious and thoughtful is specifically fun, all on its own (school's cool!) but most often it is isolating and painful and causes psychosis.
Charles Bott QC, for Javeed, described him as a "thoughtful, studious and mild-mannered" teacher who had been deeply moved by images of Syrian people suffering at the hands of the regime.
The "thoughtful, studious and mild-mannered" teacher was said to have been "deeply moved" by images of "extreme suffering" of Syrian people at the hands of the Assad regime.
From an early age she developed a reputation as thoughtful, studious and prepared for any eventuality.
It's a terrific book and, like its author, it is studious, thoughtful, sensitive and not given to poetic flight.
He was someone with "an excellent sense of humour, sporty, very thoughtful, healthy and studious", and "a very good friend", Andres Agredo told El Tiempo newspaper in Colombia.
804 learners put up comments, many consisting of a long and thoughtful paragraph, and also reacted to others' postings.
Higashida is bright and thoughtful.
She was poetic and thoughtful".
He was quiet and thoughtful.
