C-j Beavers

“Disappointment is really just a term for our refusal to look on the bright side.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

“An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.”
― Idries Shah, Reflections

“Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?”
― Émile Zola, The Joy of Life

“Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist - life was a bag of shit you were expected to pay for.”
― N.C. Thomas, Brand