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“Don't worry Jeff, life is meaningless; it's strange and inexplicable that we exist to begin with. we are all basically dead already in the grand scheme of things, and our feelings of sadness are pointless - they are just how our meat sacks react to the chemicals in our bodies.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“I find it so bizarre that I occupy space, and that I am seen by other people. I feel like I am falling through space and Eleanor just threw me a rose. It's such a sweet, pointless gesture. It would be less devastating to fall through space alone, without someone else falling next to me. Whenever someone does something nice for me, I feel intensely aware of how strange and sad it is to know someone.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“A union of chilly dislike, as did poor Hettie, could reasonably expect to live on into a cheerless old age. Meanwhile, the likes of Elizabeth Austen, blessed with true love and a real, mutual attraction, might well not survive to her fortieth year. Anne marvelled that the curious species of the eager young bride was still not yet extinct. Will they not learn? Surely, financial insecurity was a small price to pay.”
― Gill Hornby, Godmersham Park

“We laugh; we make involuntary sounds when we find things funny. Laughing is adorable, if you really think about it.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead