Addiction is to the habits of mind that technology allows us to practice.

— Sherry Turkle

A good therapy helps you develop a sense of irony about your life so that when you start to repeat old and unhelpful patterns, something within you says, "There you go again; let's call this to a halt. You can do something different." Often the first step toward doing something different is developing the capacity to not act, to stay still and reflect.

— Sherry Turkle

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.

— Sherry Turkle

As adults, we can develop and change our opinions. In childhood, we establish the truth of our hearts.

— Sherry Turkle

A woman in her late sixties described her new iPhone: "it's like having a little time square in my pocketbook. All lights. All the people I could meet.

— Sherry Turkle

Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.

— Sherry Turkle

But, of course, what is up on Facebook is her edited life.

— Sherry Turkle

Challenge quandary thinking, either/or thinking come by moving from the abstract to the concrete. What can we do with the choice actually in front of us?

— Sherry Turkle

Children contend with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

— Sherry Turkle

Children content with parents who are physically close, tantalizingly so, but mentally elsewhere.

— Sherry Turkle