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“Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.”

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Aphorisms is a compilation of short, thought-provoking sayings that offer wisdom and reflection on life, philosophy, and human nature. more

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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach was an Austrian novelist and poet, known for her delicate emotions and profound insights. Her works are considered an important representative of European literature at the end of the 19th century. more

“I was having an epiphany. A moment of supreme clarity, leading to what I dubbed a “realization of solitude” that goes like this: I’m lonely. But when I left that girl in the window I was sure I’d never felt more godforsaken in my life. There’s a big difference between being alone and being lonely. And I’m guessing that once you’ve discovered this distinction you can’t go back to solitary confinement without serious emotional repercussions.”

“Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?”

Men May Country Young Glad Spots Forty Wilderness Maps Blank Pioneers Be Young Land Conservation

Book:A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

Source: A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There

“It turns out that Molly wasn't her mother's daughter in that respect. Charity was like the MacGuyver of the kitchen. She could whip up a five-course meal for twelve from an egg, two spaghetti noodles, some household chemicals, and a stick of chewing gum. Molly ... Molly once burned my egg. My boiled egg. I don't know how.”

Knows Two Mother Turns Courses Know How Five Daughter Sticks Charity Meals Kitchen Eggs Chemicals Twelve Household Burned Whips Gum Chewing Spaghetti Noodles Chewing Gum Boiled Eggs

Author:Jim Butcher

“Maybe they'd use biological or chemical weapons instead. Maybe they'd crash the world economy. Maybe they'd turn every program on television into one of those reality shows." "That's mostly done already, Harry." "Oh. Well. I've got to believe that the world is worth saving anyway.”

World Believe Wells Done Use Shows Reality Turns Economy Television Weapons Program Saving Chemicals Crash Reality Shows Oh Well World Economy Chemical Weapons

Book:The Dresden Files Collection 7-12

Source: The Dresden Files Collection 7-12

“Hospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.”

Facts Happens Waiting Hospitals Sooner Or Later Hideous

Book:Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files

Source: Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files

“Do I have to talk to insane people?" "You're a librarian now. I'm afraid it's mandatory.”

People Insane Librarian

Author:Jasper Fforde

“Love is the Answer. What was the Question?”

Answers Love Is

Author:John Lennon

“We must use whatever methods we can to understand the movement of the universe around us and time our actions so that we are not fighting the currents, but moving with them.”

Use Action Moving Fighting Universe Movement Method Currents Our Actions Memories Of A Geisha

Book:Memoirs Of A Geisha

Source: Memoirs Of A Geisha

“A danger of travel is that we see things at the wrong time, before we have had a chance to build up the necessary receptivity and when new information is therefore as useless and fugitive as necklace beads without a connecting chain.”

Chance Information Danger Travel Chains Useless Connecting Beads Wrong Time Fugitive Necklaces Receptivity New Information

Author:Alain de Botton

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