Socializing Quotes
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![David Sedaris](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1656395801i/2849._UX200_CR0,55,200,200_.jpg)
“Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common.”
― Naked
― Naked
![Mihály Csíkszentmihályi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1325089488i/27446._UX200_CR0,14,200,200_.jpg)
“Socializing is more positive than being alone, that’s why meetings are so popular. People don’t like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn...”
― Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
― Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
![Thomas Hardy](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1429946281i/15905._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I have no fear of men, as such, nor of their books. I have mixed with them--one or two of them particularly-- almost as one of their own sex. I mean I have not felt about them as most women are taught to feel--to be on their guard against attacks on their virtue; for no average man-- no man short of a sensual savage--will molest a woman by day or night, at home or abroad, unless she invites him. Until she says by a look 'Come on' he is always afraid to, and if you never say it, or look it, he never comes.”
― Jude the Obscure
― Jude the Obscure
“To me, socializing was like sinking to the bottom of a deep, deep ocean... Until eventually you couldn't take it anymore, and had to come up for air"
- Shimamura - Adachi to Shimamura”
― 電波女と青春男 1
- Shimamura - Adachi to Shimamura”
― 電波女と青春男 1
![Stendhal](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1653477573i/1481537._UY200_CR56,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Mathilde returned and strolled past the drawing-room windows; she saw him busily engaged in describing to Madame de Fervaques the old ruined castles that crown the steep banks of the Rhine and give them so distinctive a character. He was beginning to acquit himself none too badly in the use of the sentimental and picturesque language which is called wit in certain drawing-rooms.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
![Robert Harris](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1445968924i/575._UY200_CR27,0,200,200_.jpg)
“This was the problem with drinks parties: getting stuck with a person you didn't want to talk to while someone you did was tantalisingly in view.”
― The Fear Index
― The Fear Index
![Robin McKinley](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1643645900i/5339._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“Although when there were too many people around- which there certainly were today- it was hard even to remember to say thank you: all those people were like drowning.”
― Pegasus
― Pegasus
![Edward Gorey](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1200338278i/21578._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“. . . when I talk to people I really like to talk to them, and not just exchange pleasantries and wonder which of us is going to try to get away first. Most social occasions leave me less than enthralled.”
― Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
― Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
![Colson Whitehead](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1561996933i/10029._UX200_CR0,15,200,200_.jpg)
“Social media wasn't usually my thing, as it had the word "social" in it, but I'd taken to the platform after a personal tragedy. I had a cat, the cat died, and now what I used to say to my cat all day, I tweeted. It helped that 140 characters was roughly my preferred limit when it came to human interaction.”
― The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
― The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky, and Death
![Alicia Jasinska](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1712969936i/19071443._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“Eva had reached her limit for human interaction.
She could feel the climbing tension in her muscles. the sharp stab of irritation every time another person spoke, the rising desire to pluck one of the hairpins out of her braids and shove it through someone's throat.”
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She could feel the climbing tension in her muscles. the sharp stab of irritation every time another person spoke, the rising desire to pluck one of the hairpins out of her braids and shove it through someone's throat.”
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![Sequoia Nagamatsu](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1628131866i/6567509._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“I was never one to connect. I've been that way my entire life. I went to work, kept my head down, and came home. I let old friendships fizzle. I orbited my family and all of you like a distant planet--there and yet nearly impossible to reach. I know I can't survive alone.”
― How High We Go in the Dark
― How High We Go in the Dark
![Tom Rath](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1577747446i/6547946._UY200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“There is no greater predictor of human well-being than the amount of social time we spend with one another.”
― Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World
― Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World
![Ryū Murakami](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1200406808i/8881._UY200_CR22,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Alcohol, it was said, liberated people. But nobody here wanted liberation, or would have known what to do with it. Alcohol was usually drunk in an intimate atmosphere, and an intimate atmosphere was one fraught with problems. You were compelled to conform, to respect the spreading sense of closeness in a group. If you didn’t, you were punished. If you sat by yourself thinking in a room full of the fug of intimacy, people asked you what was wrong or if you were bored, and from there it would escalate until you were being blamed as an energy-suck and a gloomy bastard. When drinking, if someone made even the dumbest joke, you had to laugh.”
― From the Fatherland, with Love
― From the Fatherland, with Love
![Avijeet Das](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1629616654i/14201320._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“You won't find me socializing, because I love my solitude. You won't find me in parties, because I love my loneliness.”
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![Henry Miller](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1511445828i/147._UY200_CR77,0,200,200_.jpg)
“It's hard to talk to a person when you have nothing in common with him or her, you betray yourself.”
― Tropic of Cancer
― Tropic of Cancer
![Jarod Kintz](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1460877358i/4157885._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“I have rubbed shoulders with the rich, the powerful, and the armless. It’s how to network when handshakes aren’t an option.”
― There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't
― There are Two Typos of People in This World: Those Who Can Edit and Those Who Can't
![Jeanette Winterson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1561070665i/9399._UY200_CR60,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I feel submerged at parties. I wade out of my depth and I can't swim. I will stay here, holding on to the handrail. Safe.”
― Night Side of the River
― Night Side of the River
![J.S. Mason](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1575948449i/19789657._UX200_CR0,35,200,200_.jpg)
“The book that he wanted was in an area that seemed barren and deserted from the rest of the library, like a friend who had been alienated for committing a social faux pas such as pronouncing French words with the English “x” and “s” sound, not the “faux pas” referring to the loser in a paternity test battle.”
― The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights
― The Ghost Therapist...And Other Grand Delights
“Love comes first, life second, followed by inspiration and humor. Pick your subject of conversation accordingly.”
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![Sonia Choquette](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1294960024i/8669.jpg)
“A key to whether friendship is good is: Who am I being in this connection? Do I like me? (Never mind do I like you!) Am I liking how I'm showing up? Does this feel good to me?”
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![Steven Magee](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1444680307i/4733010._UY200_CR52,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Working and socializing with international people was prevalent in professional astronomy.”
― Toxic Altitude
― Toxic Altitude
![Vera Kurian](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1460574439i/14369049._UY200_CR50,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I could be whatever they wanted me to be. A fun girl, a potential best friend, someone to tell secrets to over midnight snacks. This type of socializing was just me playing little roles for a few moments, but when I need to go all in, I can.”
― Never Saw Me Coming
― Never Saw Me Coming
![Pamela M. Kelley](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1631111448i/6579774._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“It’s too much peopling and it’s draining. I need to be alone to recharge.”
― Nantucket Neighbors
― Nantucket Neighbors
“He had become lonely in his mind, he knew: he no longer encountered other people even in his thoughts.”
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![Margaret Atwood](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1282859073i/3472._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“You asked me how I was doing, another social pleasantry. No one wants an honest answer to that one.”
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
![Holly Smale](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1415734248i/5824402._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“And obviously my answer is no. My answer is: I have never in my entire life been free tonight, because if we haven't arranged it days in advance and I haven't spent the day mentally preparing myself for social interaction, I am not coming.
Your poorly arranged plans are of no interest to me.”
― Cassandra in Reverse
Your poorly arranged plans are of no interest to me.”
― Cassandra in Reverse
![Neil MacGregor](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1606241503i/518030._UY200_CR3,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Apparently, if you look at how many numbers we're likely to store in our mobile phone, or how many names we're likely to list on a social networking site, it's rare even for city dwellers to exceed a couple of hundred. Social anthropologists delightedly point out that this is the size of the social group we would have had to handle in a large Stone Age village. According to them, we're all trying to cope with modern big-city life equipped only with a Stone Age social brain. We all struggle with anonymity.”
― A History of the World in 100 Objects
― A History of the World in 100 Objects
![Fernando Pessoa](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1649905611i/7816._UX200_CR0,39,200,200_.jpg)
“With each passing day the presence of others--which my soul always receives like a rude surprise--becomes more painful and distressing. To talk with people makes my skin crawl. If they show an interest in me, I run. If they look at me, I shudder. If.....”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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