--- title: "1 Slowly Like Quotes By Ann Packer" description: "1 Slowly Like quotes by Ann Packer. Plus more from Ann Packer and more Slowly Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/ann-packer-31490_business_lonely-is-a-funny-thing-she-said-slowly_1998278.jpg" --- > [“Lonely is a funny thing," she said slowly. "It's almost like another person. After a while, it'll keep you company if you'll let it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/lonely-is-a-funny-thing-she-said-slowly-it-s-almost-like-another/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/ann-packer-31490_business_lonely-is-a-funny-thing-she-said-slowly_1998278.jpg) ## More by Ann Packer > [“How Much Do We Owe People We Love?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/how-much-do-we-owe-people-we-love/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/yes-i-do-sew-i-started-when-i-was-around-8-or-9-and-have-been-doing/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [I write pretty much when I can. I used to be very particular about needing certain conditions for writing, but when I had children,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/i-write-pretty-much-when-i-can-i-used-to-be-very-particular-about/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [Some weeks there's no writing, and some weeks are full of writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/some-weeks-there-s-no-writing-and-some-weeks-are-full-of-writing/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“She was one of those people who seemed to regard busyness as a contest you could win. p. 246”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/she-was-one-of-those-people-who-seemed-to-regard-busyness-as-a/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [I'm happy to see book clubs on TV. Talking about books has always been an important and invigorating part of reading them, and it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/i-m-happy-to-see-book-clubs-on-tv-talking-about-books-has-always-been/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [How much do we owe the people we love? Now I would add a follow-up question: How do we cope with the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/how-much-do-we-owe-the-people-we-love-now-i-would-add-a-follow-up/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [I did have imprinted on me the idea of trauma that changes things dramatically and suddenly. As a writer, I return to that again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/i-did-have-imprinted-on-me-the-idea-of-trauma-that-changes-things/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“It paid barely a living wage, but he stayed with it—gradually and in the end gratefully arriving at the point in life when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/it-paid-barely-a-living-wage-but-he-stayed-with-it-gradually-and-in/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“Such is the lot of the narcissist's child, to inherit her parent's umbrage over the world's indifference.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/such-is-the-lot-of-the-narcissist-s-child-to-inherit-her-parent-s/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“Lonely is a funny thing," she said slowly. "It's almost like another person. After a while, it'll keep you company if you'll let it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/lonely-is-a-funny-thing-she-said-slowly-it-s-almost-like-another/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“. . . if it was your fault, then you weren't powerless--you weren't at the mercy of stuff just happening." "Your always going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/if-it-was-your-fault-then-you-weren-t-powerless-you-weren-t-at-the/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [The hard thing for me is to say no to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/the-hard-thing-for-me-is-to-say-no-to-people/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [“Sarabeth wondered at the sheer energy it must have taken for her mother to be dissatisfied by so much. Her psyche was like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/sarabeth-wondered-at-the-sheer-energy-it-must-have-taken-for-her/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) > [Read everything! I believe that reading made me a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-packer/read-everything-i-believe-that-reading-made-me-a-writer/) [Ann Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-packer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slowly-like/ann-packer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Slowly Like Quotes By Ann Packer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lonely is a funny thing,\" she said slowly. \"It's almost like another person. 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