“The people at the very top could fall by and grace you with their presence and give you a little largesse, and you'd be "Oh, I'm so beloved." In a way, it was kind of like flattery. The middle managers didn't quite have that cachet, but at the same time, they had to seem like they were of that caliber. So there's a little bit of loneliness at the heart of those with a little bit of power.” PeopleGivingHeartKindFallGraceLonelinessBelovedFlattery Author:Joshua Ferris
“I think one of the ways you avoid being angry is to avoid being angry at the people in power. They might do crappy things, and piss you off, and make bad decisions, but they shouldn't be hated simply because they're in power. And I thought it was important to humanize them if the book was going to be even-handed to all the different ways you encounter people at work.” PeopleThinkingImportantBookDifferentDecisionHatedBad Decision Author:Joshua Ferris
“I think a fairly common behavior among fiction writers is that they want to help. They're generally charitable people. They're interested in the world. They're curious, they're empathetic. They understand suffering. They don't turn away from that. But what they do is essentially useless. Except for the sake of the thing itself.” PeopleThinkingWorldHelpingSufferingCommonBehaviorCuriousCharitableEmpathetic Author:Joshua Ferris
“It is really irritating to work with irritating people” PeopleIrritatingIrritating People Book:Then We Came to the End Source: Then We Came to the End
“Everyone desires relationships and community. Most people want to belong to a cohesive, like-minded group. It staves off loneliness. It promotes identity. These are natural and very human instincts.” PeopleWantHumansDesireCommunityNaturalGroupsLonelinessIdentityInstinct Author:Joshua Ferris
“I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again - in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles - we think and do as one.” PeopleThinkingBelieveMightCareCultureIndividualI BelieveSocialRealizingGroupsFashionCirclesCorporationsReligion And Politics Author:Joshua Ferris
