Marissa

“Futility is the defining characteristic of life.”
― Stephen R. Donaldson, Lord Foul's Bane

“It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb animal optimism of men, the latter a force more than any other responsible for the lamentable state of the world.”
― Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys

“[They] agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.”
― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume