Gail Honeyman Quotes

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

I'm perpetually lonely.

Times may have changed, but there are some things that are always with us - loneliness is one of them.

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.

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.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

It's no fun being lonely.

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

I think people are isolated and really lonely.

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

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

Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

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.

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.

Isolation is the worst possible counselor.

For me, I value connection a lot, talking to people and connecting. Don't get me wrong: I enjoy having my own time, but I think it's really important to have that connection, so living on Mars would be a struggle for me.

It can feel isolating to be a mom. I've been one and felt isolated.

As prevalent as loneliness is, many people don't recognize that people that they know may very well be suffering from loneliness. It's important for many reasons, one of which is that it has a profound impact on health.

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.

I need specifically love, affection, people to touch me all the time. Because otherwise, I don't really - I don't cope very well. On 'Morgan,' everything is shot from the other side of the glass, so I was alone in a soundproof room watching everybody but being completely separate from whatever was going on.

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.