Natalie Portman Quotes

Solitude is only a good idea if you have the right people along to share it.

Friends are very important to me, and I have always had many of them. There are probably many reasons why this is so, but two seem to me more valid than any of the others I am a naturally friendly person, and I hate to be alone.

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

Life is nothing without friendship.

The happy man in this life needs friends.

To ask me whether I could endure to live without friends is absurd. It is easy enough to live out of material sight of friends, but to live without human love is impossible.

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

But a man needs company.

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

We need to have intimate, enduring bonds; we need to be able to confide; we need to feel that we belong; we need to be able to get support, and just as important for happiness, to give support. We need many kinds of relationships; for one thing, we need friends.

I love people. I hate to be by myself.

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

I need more friends. It's kind of like my quest right now just to have more true friends.

Going through life solo isn't very exciting if you can't share it with somebody, you know?

I'd like to get back to my family and friends - believe it or not, I do have some real friends.

I have wonderful friends. I'm not just a lonely old lady.

Friendships have been such an important part of my life both emotionally and logistically.

I live by myself, so I derive a lot of joy from being with my friends and their families.

I never want to feel too far away from people. I think that's when you get in trouble.

I need my family and friends around all the time. They are always my number one priority, and that will never change.