“Amber: Ms. Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn’t want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose. Dionne: Well, there goes your social life.”— Amy Heckerling, Dionne Davenport, Stacey Dash, imdb.com
“The most exhausting thing in life, I have discovered, is being insincere. That is why so much of social life is exhausting; one is wearing a mask.”— Anne Morrow Lindberg, amazon.com
“You don't have to worry about going out with your friends without him or her.”— Nicole Yi, popsugar.com
“Often times when you’re in a relationship, you are unable to maintain or build new friendships since your focus will be building and maintaining your relationship with your partner. Being single, you can spend as much time with your friends without feeling guilty. You can also go out and exchange nu…”— Eumi Er, stackstreet.com
“Accept invitations to parties, even if someone you can’t stand is throwing it. That way, you’ll run into attractive friends of friends. One of them might be Mr. or Mrs. Right.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“While we like to socialize and meet new people, it can be quite overwhelming when too many people are crowding our personal space all the time.”— Cynthia Lawrence, ravishly.com
“With no siblings to play with as a kid, I invested all my energy into my friends, hence I always had playdates, birthday parties and social events to attend. Friends aren’t substitutes for siblings, but they can come really close, and they’re the ones you call when your mom and dad are driving you n…”— Laura Donovan, hellogiggles.com
“It's not that I don't like people. It's just that when I'm in the company of others - even my nearest and dearest - there always comes a moment when I'd rather be reading a book.”— Maureen Corrigan, amazon.com
“I wanted to tell people, 'My depression is acting up today' as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“I hate people who start conversations with facts - what are you supposed to do with that? Sure is hot today. Yes, it is.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I feel myself trying to be charming, and then I realize I’m obviously trying to be charming, and then I try to be even more charming to make up for the fake charm, and then I’ve basically turned into Liza Minnelli: I’m dancing in tights and sequins, begging you to love me. There’s a bowler and jazz…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“She’s easy to like. I’ve never understood why that’s considered a compliment - that just anyone could like you.”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“I'm not someone who can be depended one five days a week. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday? I don't even get out of bed five days in a row. I often don't remember to eat five days in a row. Reporting to a workplace, where I should need to stay for eight hours, eight big hours outside my home…”— Gillian Flynn, amazon.com
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com