Marcus

“Dès le début de la crise, ils avaient fait chambre à part. Coucher seul est difficile lorsqu’on en a perdu l’habitude, on a froid et on a peur ; mais ils avaient depuis longtemps dépassé ce stade pénible ; ils étaient parvenus à une sorte de désespoir standardisé.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

“Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being.”
― David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory

“Old George Orwell got it backward.Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed.He's making sure your imagination withers. Until it's as useful as your appendix. He's making sure your attention is always filled.And this being fed, it's worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what's in your mind. With everyone's imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby

“At this moment, Paul was hungry. He would go home, it was the only right thing to do, he said to himself before he realized there was nothing to eat at home, that the shelf in the refrigerator reserved for him would be despairingly empty, and that the very expression "home" was a testament of unreasonable optimism.”
― Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir