Arlie Russell Hochschild Quotes

Never having alone time is real tough on people.

Normally I can balance two or three things. The problem is when you're out of work and don't have anything to balance. I think people assume you're always busy. You go through dry spells.

I didn't like not having work and not having people return my calls.

The last time I was unemployed was 1989, and I've seen the research on retired people and how they feel about it. I'm definitely wired in a way that you wouldn't predict it would go wonderfully.

When you lose work, the meaning and purpose of life are taken away from you, and isolation can set in.

I think the stigma surrounding mental illness and also the stigma surrounding self-esteem issues or insecurities or just even feeling different is something that doesn't really get enough attention. Everybody struggles with feeling alone or that they are going through something they don't quite understand.

Schizophrenia beats dining alone.

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

Being alone is very difficult.

The world is becoming nicer and easier, but that doesn't mean we are any less lonely or any more connected.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in poor company.

I can't find a job. It makes me crazy.

So many people suffer from abuse, and suffer alone.

For eight-and-a-half years, I was just watching movies, and just staying in bed and just eating food and just, you know, being just miserable.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.

The physical environment of L.A. is really beautiful. It's actually kinda fun, too, if you're working. It's just not really fun if you're not working and you don't know anybody.

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

I know a lot of people who transitioned and dropped out of society for two years. They don't talk to anybody. They become hermits. They try to do everything alone.

I wasn't worried about unemployment.

Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.