“But there are no absolutes in human misery and things can always get worse”
― Suttree
― Suttree
“I realised my life would be full of mundane physical suffering, and that there was nothing special about it. Suffering wouldn't make me special, and pretending not to suffer wouldn't make me special. Talking about it, or even writing about it, would not transform the suffering into something useful.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I think I only appear smart by staying quiet as often as possible.”
― Conversations with Friends
― Conversations with Friends
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