“On the one hand we can't be alone, people like us; on the other we can't stand company. We can't stand male company, which bores us to death, or female company either. I gave up male company for years because it's totally unprofitable, and female company gets on my nerves in no time.” CompanySolitudeFemaleAloneBoredomNervesMaleBoreUnprofitable Book:Concrete Source: Concrete
“We have to keep company with supposedly bad characters if we are to survive and not succumb to mental atrophy. People of good character, so called, are the ones who end up boring us to death.” PeopleIfsEndsCharacterCompanyBoringGood CharacterAtrophyBad Character Book:Extinction: A Novel Source: Extinction: A Novel