Judith Martin Quotes

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in this country, no longer supported by tribes and villages.

Faced with stress, too many people feel they have nowhere to turn to, that they don't have access to the kind of friendships or communities where they can easily and openly share their problems and worries.

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 most important thing is friends, family, and the people around you. That's what really makes you happy.

I was raised in a sort of village. I have a huge family, and I think there is strength in that. It helped me to deal with some of the complications of living in the South because I always felt like I belonged, no matter what.

Because everyone grows up together in my small hometown, everyone knows everyone else. And there are such large extended families that a lot of people are related to each other.

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

I consider everybody I know to be my family.

If I've helped fuel the debate on loneliness in some small way, that is wonderful.

Family counts for a lot in this world.

I don't have many friends, but I have enough. I'm not one of these people who collects celebrity friends.

Homo sapiens is a social being, and our well-being depends to a large extent on the quality and depth of our social and family relations - and in the last 200 years, they have been disintegrating.

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.

I never had a clique. If I throw a party, the only thing connecting people is me. Maybe I just don't believe in fear. I bulldoze right in.

Some people don't necessarily have family helping them or anyone, even friends, that care enough to help.

Where I came from had a lot of friends. A big social circle.

Everywhere I go I have a lot of friends and family.

Religious people are simply following major core practices of happy people. For example, one benefits from the guaranteed social support that can be found in a church, synagogue, or mosque.

I have strong faith, and I have strong family.

I used to go to Savannah all the time as a teenager, and we've got some friends down in Valdosta, so I feel like I've got a good base of support.

I never really had a lot of friends where I lived. Online, you can have thousands of friends.

I'm lucky I've got such a strong group of people around me - my friends, my family who I talk to every day, and it's important that I stay in touch with them.

When I was growing up, I didn't have tons and tons of friends.

In the 50s and early 60s, community was incredibly important to people.

I really care about people around me, and I can't live without my family and friends.