“Soon, what was tedious was everything. 'Beautiful things, they're so tedious! Paintings, they're enough to drive you mad...How right you are, it's so tedious, writing letters!' In the end it was life itself that she declared to us was a bore, without one quite knowing from where she was taking her term of comparison.”
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Marcel Proust was a French novelist renowned for his magnum opus, 'In Search of Lost Time'. This novel is considered a classic of 20th-century literature, known for its intricate psychological portrayals and profound exploration of memory. more
“Tedium is a dangerous thing, potentially lethal.”
“Ronan said, "I'm always straight." Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told.”
“The most tedious details are the most like dreams.”
“When you feel bored, pump your adrenaline!”
“When younger, he had been fun-loving to the point of tedium.”
“Pretentious quotations [are] the surest road to tedium.”