--- title: "1 Needed Somebody Quotes By Joseph Hansen" description: "1 Needed Somebody quotes by Joseph Hansen. Plus more from Joseph Hansen and more Needed Somebody sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/joseph-hansen-25136_alone-in-the-dark_she-was-sad-and-lost-and-alone-in-the-da_1641555.jpg" --- > [“She was sad and lost and alone in the dark," Cecil said. "She needed somebody to hold her." "And you think she's going to get tired of that?" "You did," Cecil said. "You shut me right out." "It was your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/she-was-sad-and-lost-and-alone-in-the-dark-cecil-said-she-needed/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/229/joseph-hansen-25136_alone-in-the-dark_she-was-sad-and-lost-and-alone-in-the-da_1641555.jpg) ## More by Joseph Hansen > [“Driving is so dangerous I haven't got the guts to do it sober.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/driving-is-so-dangerous-i-haven-t-got-the-guts-to-do-it-sober/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“I told myself all that's wrong with us is misunderstanding. That's not good, but it's not the worst. The worst is not having anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/i-told-myself-all-that-s-wrong-with-us-is-misunderstanding-that-s-not/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“Something had offended her and failed to apologize. Not lately-long ago. Life probably.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/something-had-offended-her-and-failed-to-apologize-not-lately-long/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“It happens to everyone and it happens fast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-happens-to-everyone-and-it-happens-fast/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“Don't forget, and don't let your reader forget, that the small world in which you have held him for the last hour or two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/don-t-forget-and-don-t-let-your-reader-forget-that-the-small-world-in/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/when-people-run-out-of-probable-things-to-do-they-do-improbable-things/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“You know what kind of a man Lonny Tooker is? The kind of a man that sets broken bird's wings." "Hitler loved dogs and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/you-know-what-kind-of-a-man-lonny-tooker-is-the-kind-of-a-man-that/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“He put out a hand for Dave to shake. "You're the only new friend of Tom's I've met. And you're just what I expected."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/he-put-out-a-hand-for-dave-to-shake-you-re-the-only-new-friend-of-tom/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“People with limp handshakes are takers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/people-with-limp-handshakes-are-takers/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/the-man-who-acts-as-his-own-lawyer-has-a-fool-for-a-client/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“You're a little short on self-awareness. People who are always exacting right behaviour from other people tend to be that way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/you-re-a-little-short-on-self-awareness-people-who-are-always/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-seems-important-to-me-that-beginning-writers-ponder-this-that/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“Los Angeles didn't get like this often. He hated it when it did. And this time it was holding on. It had been brutal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/los-angeles-didn-t-get-like-this-often-he-hated-it-when-it-did-and/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“It's a four-letter word for a part of the human anatomy but it's not m-i-n-d.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/it-s-a-four-letter-word-for-a-part-of-the-human-anatomy-but-it-s-not/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) > [“And you never even reported it. You should have reported it. I could have took fingerprints. I'd love to lock up them skinheads." "What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-hansen/and-you-never-even-reported-it-you-should-have-reported-it-i-could/) [Joseph Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-hansen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/needed-somebody/joseph-hansen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Needed Somebody Quotes By Joseph Hansen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She was sad and lost and alone in the dark,\" Cecil said. \"She needed somebody to hold her.\" \"And you think she's going to get tired of that?\" \"You did,\" Cecil said. \"You shut me right out.\" \"It was your decision, not mine,\" Dave said. \"You are the dearest thing in life to me. You're bright and funny and gentle and decent and full of life. And I will never get tired of you, and neither will Chrissie. It's not up to her anyway. You're the adult. 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