Justin Vernon Quotes

I'm not sure what 'cheeky' means. I hear it used so much and in so many different ways, I can't identify the real meaning of it.

You never want to see someone not at their best.

We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector of emotional well-being, and I think there's no question that social isolation has greatly increased in our culture in, say, the past 50 years, past 100 years.

I was never a games night guy, but at some point, social interaction starts to freak me out. So when there's a point, it's easier for me to see the people I love and hang out and try to have fun.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don't regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

When infants aren't held, they can become sick, even die. It's universally accepted that children need love, but at what age are people supposed to stop needing it? We never do. We need love in order to live happily, as much as we need oxygen in order to live at all.

Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse.

When you're alone you don't do much laughing.

So it is that Lonely Places attract as many lonely people as they produce, and the loneliness we see in them is partly in ourselves.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

The trouble is not really in being alone, it's being lonely. One can be lonely in the midst of a crowd, don't you think?

I suspect that happiness is not a state but rather a transition.

What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.

I feel fine. How about you?

My favorite part is being engaged with somebody's story and life, and getting a laugh with people I have a tremendous amount of respect for or not, and being challenged by the immediacy of conversation.

The true charm of pedestrians does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.

And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.

The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.