36 Best alienation Quotes

You talkin' to me? Well, I'm the only one here. – Travis Bickle
Taxi Driver identity paranoia violence alienation
All my life needed was a sense of some kind of direction, a sense of some kind of purpose. – Travis Bickle
Taxi Driver purpose alienation Meaning Existentialism
You're a young woman, you're beautiful, you're... you're like an angel. You're like a goddess. – Travis Bickle to Betsy
Taxi Driver Obsession idealization Love alienation
You get a job, you become the job. – Wizard
Taxi Driver identity Work alienation masculinity
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. – The Narrator
Fight Club dissociation identity Humor alienation
The world itself's just one big hoax. Spamming each other with our running commentary of bullshit, masquerading as insight, our social media faking as intimacy. – Elliot
Mr. Robot Society Technology alienation Authenticity
I've spent my whole life hating humans. I won't last a minute in your world. – San
Princess Mononoke identity belonging hatred alienation
I am I, and I wish I wasn't. – Bernard Marx
Brave New World Individuality alienation insecurity self-loathing
It seemed to him that he had cut himself off from everyone and everything at that moment. – Narrator
Crime and Punishment Isolation alienation Guilt Despair
If you really want to know the truth, it's this: I don't even know what I was running for – I guess I just felt like it. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye identity Truth alienation
That's the whole trouble. You can't ever find a place that's nice and peaceful, because there isn't any. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation Society Disillusionment
Don't ever tell anybody anything. If you do, you start missing everybody. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation Connection Loss
I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes. That way I wouldn't have to have any goddam stupid useless conversations with anybody. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation Communication Phoniness
People never notice anything. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation Perception Society
I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye Communication alienation identity
It was that kind of a crazy afternoon, terrifically cold, and no sun out or anything, and you felt like you were disappearing every time you crossed a road. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation identity Depression
I don't even know what I was running for—I guess I just felt like it. – Holden Caulfield
The Catcher in the Rye alienation purpose flight
Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.
The Stranger Death Indifference alienation Society
I had no place in a world where everyone was so sure of themselves.
The Stranger alienation Society Judgment certainty
The prosecutor then turned to me and pointed at me with a finger of scorn, and I really couldn't understand why he was making such a fuss.
The Stranger alienation Judgment Society law
I was listening to him and I could hear that I was being judged intelligent. But I couldn't quite understand how an ordinary man's good qualities could become crushing accusations against a guilty man.
The Stranger Judgment law alienation Society
You're not important. You're not anything.
Fahrenheit 451 identity Worth Society alienation
I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me.
A Tale of Two Cities Isolation Despair bitterness alienation
I am one of the most irresponsible beings that ever lived. Irresponsibility is part of my invisibility; any way you face it, it is a denial. But to whom can I be responsible, and why should I be, when you refuse to see me?
Invisible Man Responsibility invisibility Society alienation
Random thoughts for Valentine's Day, 2004. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap. – Joel
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Cynicism Love Society alienation
What a loss to spend that much time with someone, only to find out that she's a stranger. – Joel
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Memory identity Relationships alienation
I'm a 17th-century man! I don't belong in a 20th-century world! – Thackery Binx
Hocus Pocus Time alienation curse Fish out of Water
People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. – Dexter Morgan
Dexter alienation Performance normality
All of it. All the time. It's a performance. – Dexter Morgan
Dexter Facade identity alienation
I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. – Patrick Bateman
American Psycho identity emptiness consumerism alienation
I have to return some videotapes. – Patrick Bateman
American Psycho superficiality excuse Routine alienation
I'm just not there. – Patrick Bateman
American Psycho dissociation emptiness identity alienation
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they are. – Charlie
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Observation School Curiosity alienation
It's a funny thing... the more I hate the world, the more the world seems to hate me. – Major Payne
Major Payne Cynicism Life alienation
You ever get the feelin'...? – Ennis Del Mar
Brokeback Mountain fear alienation internal conflict
My father believed that if the world found out who I really was, they'd reject me… out of fear. – Superman
Superman Man of Steel fear alienation secrecy Acceptance
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