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“but isn't there always
one good thing
to look back on?
think of
how many cups of coffee we
drank together.”
― Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems
one good thing
to look back on?
think of
how many cups of coffee we
drank together.”
― Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems
“Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.”
― Alarms and Discursions
― Alarms and Discursions
“People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.”
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“We all want to break our orbits, float like a satellite gone wild in space, run the risk of disintegration. We all want to take our lives in our own hands and hurl them out among the stars.”
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“Boredom is that awful state of inaction when the very medicine ― that is, activity ― which could solve it, is seen as odious.
Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw.
Music? To hear it is tedious; to compose it, too taxing. And so on.
Of all the afflictions, boredom is ultimately the most unmanning.
Eventually, it transforms you into a great nothing who does nothing ― a cousin to sloth and a brother to melancholy.”
― The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
Archery? It is too cold, and besides, the butts need re-covering; the rats have been at the straw.
Music? To hear it is tedious; to compose it, too taxing. And so on.
Of all the afflictions, boredom is ultimately the most unmanning.
Eventually, it transforms you into a great nothing who does nothing ― a cousin to sloth and a brother to melancholy.”
― The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers
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