In his history of solitude, Anthony Story writes about the importance of being able to feel at peace in one's own company. But many find that, trained by the Net, they cannot find solitude even at a lake or beach or on a hike. Stillness makes them anxious. I see the beginnings of a backlash as some young people become disillusioned with social media. There is, Too, the renewed interest in yoga, Eastern religions, meditating, and "slowness.

— Sherry Turkle

I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day.

— Sherry Turkle

It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.

— Sherry Turkle

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

— Sherry Turkle

Laboratory research suggests that how we look and act in the virtual affect our behavior in the real.

— Sherry Turkle

My cell phone is my only individual zone, just for me.

— Sherry Turkle

My own study of the networked life has left me thinking about intimacy - about being with people in person, hearing their voices and seeing their faces, trying to know their hearts. And it has left me thinking about solitude-the kind that refreshes and restores. Loneliness is failed solitude. To experience solitude you must be able to summon yourself by yourself; otherwise you will only know how to be lonely

— Sherry Turkle

Once we become tethered to the network, we really don't need to keep computers busy. THEY KEEP US BUSY.

— Sherry Turkle

One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance.

— Sherry Turkle

One of the privileges of childhood is that some of the world is mediated by adults.

— Sherry Turkle