76 ratings (4.22 avg)
2 reviews

Avid

Add friend

Avid’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (878)
currently-reading‎ (1)

read‎ (74)
favorites‎ (19)

disappointing‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Avid is Currently Reading

Avid rated a book really liked it

The Trouble With Being Born

by Emil M. Cioran

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Avid said: " I'm not sure I understand the subtlety of everything Cioran says or the nuances of complex philosophical concepts. Nonetheless, I always highlight more of Cioran's aphorisms than it's possible to easily memorize. Darkly beautiful, poetic and haunting ...more "

Apr 23, 2025 04:45AM · see review

Avid’s Quotes

“Look at your body— A painted puppet, a poor toy Of jointed parts ready to collapse, A diseased and suffering thing With a head full of false imaginings. —The Dhammapada”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

80 likes

“Certain it is that work, worry, labor and trouble, form the lot of almost all men their whole life long. But if all wishes were fulfilled as soon as they arose, how would men occupy their lives? what would they do with their time? If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once and without any difficulty, men would either die of boredom or hang themselves; or there would be wars, massacres, and murders; so that in the end mankind would inflict more suffering on itself than it has now to accept at the hands of Nature. In”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism

5 likes

“Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

139 likes

“I have been waiting for death all my life. I do not mean that I actively wish to die, just that I do not really want to be alive.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

tags: death, depression, suicidal-ideation

310 likes

“THE WORLD IS increasingly designed to depress us. Happiness isn’t very good for the economy. If we were happy with what we had, why would we need more? How do you sell an anti-ageing moisturiser? You make someone worry about ageing. How do you get people to vote for a political party? You make them worry about immigration. How do you get them to buy insurance? By making them worry about everything. How do you get them to have plastic surgery? By highlighting their physical flaws. How do you get them to watch a TV show? By making them worry about missing out. How do you get them to buy a new smartphone? By making them feel like they are being left behind. To be calm becomes a kind of revolutionary act. To be happy with your own non-upgraded existence. To be comfortable with our messy, human selves, would not be good for business.”
― Matt Haig, Reasons to Stay Alive

768 likes

More of Avid’s quotes…