Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

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

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

It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they're physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected.

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.

People should be conscious of the large contribution made by anything that gets people together easily in the reduction of loneliness and emotional well-being.

I don't ever have time for friends or anything like that.

I can go days without meaningful human interaction.

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

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

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.

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

I think people are isolated and really lonely.

Every human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

People who have at least three or four very close friendships are healthier, have higher wellbeing, and are more engaged in their jobs. But the absence of any close friendships can lead to boredom, loneliness, and depression.

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

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.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

I want to be around people, not crickets.

What people don't realize is that everybody needs support, one way or another.

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.

Here in the big city people spend their time thinking about work and about money; they don't give some value to friendships and it can be depressing.

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.

Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.

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

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.