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“But when we sat down in my office, he told me that the novels we had been reading in class were really weighing on him. Teaching 20th-century literature, I was used to hearing things like this. the world is a bleak place, particularly in 20th-century literature. War, meaninglessness, emptiness, existential dread, absurdity, violence, chaos, nihilistic humor, moral decay - it's a difficult literary period to dwell in for any meaningful length of time; then again, our world is a difficult place to dwell in for any meaningful length of time.”
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“From what I could see, they had decided to be miserable or depressed or a failure or whatever. And I would think, You know, if they just made better choices, if they were just discipline and stopped making excuses, they wouldn't have to suffer this way.
You can walk around for a long time thinking nonsense like this--that most adults have it together and live safe, pleasant lives, and that the ones who don't only have themselves to blame. It's easy to think like Job's friends.”
― On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living, Library Edition
You can walk around for a long time thinking nonsense like this--that most adults have it together and live safe, pleasant lives, and that the ones who don't only have themselves to blame. It's easy to think like Job's friends.”
― On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living, Library Edition
“Human experience inescapably involves suffering. For all of human history we have know this to be true. But it’s hard to recall this truth when we are surrounded by forces that promise us greater and greater explanations, control and strategies of happiness… beauty and love and joy are norma, but so is suffering.”
― On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living, Library Edition
― On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living, Library Edition
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