Dreariness Quotes (6 quotes)

“If we feel affected by the dreariness of the mad scramble, we have to stand back, take a break and override the droning humdrum of the treadmill; and let the exaltation of the day decide; and follow inspiring pathways to the true heartbeat of our life. ("Mutatis mutandi")”
― Erik Pevernagie

tags: decide, dreariness, exaltation, heartbeat, humdrum, inspiring, mad-scramble, mutatis-mutandi, stand-back, treadmill

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“When you are unemployed, weekends are seven days long.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: apathy, bore, bored, boredom, dissatisfaction, dreariness, dullness, education, employ, employed, employee, employees, employer, employers, employment, ennui, flatness, friday, frustration, humor, humour, interesting, job, joke, lassitude-tedium, lethargy, monotony, repetitiveness, restiveness, restlessness, satire, saturday, school, seven, sunday, unconcern, unemployed, unemployment, uninteresting, weariness, week, weekday, weekdays, weekend, weekends, weeks, work

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“Winter, then spring, summer, and soon autumn. All seasons are one, ice-cold, featureless, a hell of dreariness.”
― Daniel Arsand, Lovers

tags: dreariness, seasons

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“I like elven legends, they are so captivating. What a pity humans don't have any legends like that. Perhaps one day they will? Perhaps they'll create some? But what would human legends deal with? All around, wherever one looks, there's greyness and dullness. Even things which begin beautifully lead swiftly to boredom and dreariness, to that human ritual, that wearisome rhythm called life.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny

tags: boredom, dreariness, life, reality-of-life

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“Life can be wearisome and dreary because the world is indifferent to us.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

tags: dreariness, dreary, existential-alienation, existential-angst, existential-anguish, existentialism, wearisome, weary-of-life, weary-souls

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“There was something inexpressibly dreary about the Casino when it was empty, she thought. You could see all of it for what it was worth, and it was never good to see anything like that.”
― Ann Petry, The Street

tags: being-exposed, dreariness, emptiness, exposure

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