John Steinbeck Quotes

I don't have many friends; I'm very much a loner. As a child I was very isolated, and I've never been really close to anyone.

The way I spend my time is very isolated and cut off.

Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile his friends are everything.

I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.

Only solitary men know the full joys of frienship. Others have their family; but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.

I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

I understand the feelings of being the outcast and the loner.

I don't socialise. My social life is minus zero.

I don't have a lot of close friends.

I was kind of a loner growing up.

Oh, I never fit in anywhere. I'm a loner. I don't even have many friends.

I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.

I don't care if your world is ending today because I wasn't invited to it anyway.

There is nothing worse than the feeling that no one cares whether we exists or not, that no one is interested in what we have to say about life, and that the world can continue turning without our awkward presence

I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.

Loneliness is the leprosy of the modern world.

George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before. 'Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake, and the first thing you know they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to.

You always feel like you are the only one in the world, like everyone else is crazy for each other, but it's not true. Generally, people don't like each other very much. And that goes for friends, too.

In a word, the consumer of mass culture is lonely, not only lonely, but spiritually impoverished.

My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast.

I haven't found one place in the world yet where I could disappear.

All the lonely people, where do they all come from?

She is a loner, too bright for the slutty girls and too savage for the bright girls, haunting the edges and corners of the school like a sullen disillusioned ghost

There is a chill air surrounding those who are down in the world, and people are glad to get away from them, as from a cold room.