Emily V. Gordon Quotes

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

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.

I need family support close because when you go to work, they are long days and it can get lonely.

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.

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.

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'm perpetually lonely.

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

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

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

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

Some of my closest friends know that when I worry about something or when I'm upset, I close myself off and stay in my room. I watch movies and I don't get out of bed.

Animals keep you company when you're really lonely. It helps because when you have a friend around who always likes you no matter what - it's harder to feel bad or down.

Everyone's been lonely at some point and in need of a friend.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.

Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

to comfort any mortal against loneliness, one other is enough.

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

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

People don't want drama 365 days a year. I'm a sense of relief; it's my job to take your mind off what's bad for that brief second you're in the room with me, regardless of shape, race, colour or anything. It brings people together, and it makes me feel good about what I'm doing.

I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

I find running life quite hard, and I like sharing that. Obviously, the companionship, being loved and loving, is fantastic. But I don't feel that I couldn't live without a boyfriend or lover or husband.