John Steinbeck Quotes

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.

We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.

Sometimes, the loneliness probably got to be too much and anyone seemed better than no one.

No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

Of all the diseases I have known, loneliness is the worst.

But a man needs company.

I get so lonely sometimes, I could put a box on my head and mail myself to a stranger.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.

I'm perpetually lonely.

It's no fun being lonely.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

I think people don't want be alone. Ultimately, we want to feel connected. We want to feel like there is someone who actually sees us in the world. That's the big thing: to be seen. How many people actually feel seen?

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

Far from 'rotting my brain,' as I was often told would happen, TV helped me feel less alone at a time when I spent so much time alone.

Loneliness is a huge issue for both individuals and for society. It's taken a long time for the issue to be treated seriously and for us to begin to understand the impact it can have.

Myself, I suffer from loneliness. And I think we all feel alone. I'm looking for stories that help people deal with loneliness and help them if they are monsters: they don't have to undertake monstrous actions. And maybe they're not monsters.

Loneliness can become a downward spiral.

Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.