Sarah Addison Allen Quotes

I have a tendency to go through my life at full speed and as a one-man band, and so I don't generally stop and take in other people enough to develop many relationships. I'm starting to regret that a bit. I want to change it.

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.

I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships.

I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not.

I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better.

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it.

I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

A big part of why I wanted to go to college is to meet people and make friends.

I really like people and I keep friendships. I have people from all parts of my life.

I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.

As far as friendships go, things change even without the fame. People start moving on. I have a few friends that are married and are starting to have kids and I'm like, 'Oh my goodness gracious - that's so insane.' I also have friends who are just doing their own thing, which is cool.

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.

I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.

I think the most important thing in life is relationships. I think that feeds us almost like food.

But you base everything on people you know.

I would like to have a more social life than I have.

I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

I have a great pack of female friends, but I also have a lot of guy friends. I believe that platonic relationship is entirely possible.

I remember just sitting down one day and going, 'I should have friends.' And then I developed a sense of humour. By the end of high school, I would say I was the most popular girl.

One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well.

Some people are really proud of me, and some don't like it. I don't really know what to tell those people. It's like people that don't know me or people that aren't even my friends saying I've changed. I have two friends - exactly two friends. It's like, how can someone that's not even my friend say I've changed?

Finding real friends - that's something that was an obstacle for me. And learning how to deal with my problems and talking about them.