Punctuation isn't just kind to your readers, it also helps you as the author. If we smash all our ideas into one, then we don't get to clearly get our ideas across. You get to choose how you want your ideas to read.
For example,
(no punctuation) Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust but there was no one she was close to in her new town why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to Carmen wondered why did we have to move at all
Option 1:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust. There was no one she was close to in her new town. "Why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to?" Carmen sighed. "Why did we have to move at all?"
Option 2:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust, but there was no one she was close to in her new town. "Why can't I walk down the street to Grandma's house like I used to? Why did we have to move at all?" Carmen sighed.
Option 3:
Carmen longed for a friend to play with or someone to trust. But there was no one she was close to in her new town and she couldn't walk down the street to Grandma's house like she used to. Carmen sighed, "Why did we have to move at all?"
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