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title: "1 Velveteen Rabbit Quotes By Sherry Turkle"
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> [“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait passively but demand attention and claim that without it they will not survive. With this aggressive demand for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/in-the-classic-children-s-story-the-velveteen-rabbit-a-stuffed-animal/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

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## More by Sherry Turkle

> [“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and adult, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/from-watching-children-play-with-objects-designed-as-amusements-we/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that boredom can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/i-said-that-we-use-digital-passbacks-to-placate-young-children-who/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/enduring-technological-optimism-a-belief-that-as-other-things-go/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/conversation-is-the-most-human-and-humanizing-thing-that-we-do/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait passively but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/in-the-classic-children-s-story-the-velveteen-rabbit-a-stuffed-animal/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. Texting, email, posting, all of these things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/human-relationships-are-rich-and-they-re-messy-and-they-re-demanding/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/but-at-the-same-time-there-is-pressure-to-use-technology-in-classroom/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [I have to fight the impulse to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than leaving it in another room. If I don't,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/i-have-to-fight-the-impulse-to-use-my-phone-as-an-alarm-clock-rather/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/it-all-stems-from-the-same-thing-which-is-that-when-we-are-face-to/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-new-technologies-allow-us-to-dial-down-human-contact-to-titrate/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/we-think-constant-connection-will-make-us-feel-less-lonely-the/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [If you're happy with where the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter have taken you, I'm not the Grinch. Someone called me Sherry Turkle's "evil Luddite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/if-you-re-happy-with-where-the-internet-facebook-and-twitter-have/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [My highest value is not that the trains are on time. I want to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/my-highest-value-is-not-that-the-trains-are-on-time-i-want-to-be-free/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-selfie-like-all-technology-causes-us-to-reflect-on-our-human/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

> [Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/technology-doesn-t-just-do-things-for-us-it-does-things-to-us/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

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