“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
― Jarhead: a Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
― Jarhead: a Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles
“There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair.”
― Vile Bodies
― Vile Bodies
“For Death is the meaning of night;
The eternal shadow
Into which all lives must fall,
All hopes expire.”
― The Meaning of Night
The eternal shadow
Into which all lives must fall,
All hopes expire.”
― The Meaning of Night
“Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there left but repetition and diminishment? Who wants to go on living? The eccentric, the religious, the artistic (sometimes); those with a false sense of their own worth. Soft cheeses collapse; firm cheeses indurate. Both go mouldy.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
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