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“They'll stall you," Organa said. "I know it's a horrifying situation, but you can't fight every evil in the galaxy." "Evil? " Padmé said. "I've fought evil and it was easy: I shot it. It's apathy I can't stand.”

Book:Queen's Shadow

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“A person whom trains alone in isolation for extended hours or otherwise lives in a state of exile from civilization while pursuing his or her private passions can fall victim to the solipsism syndrome, a psychological state where they do not perceive the world as external to their mind. Feelings of loneliness, detachment, and indifference to the outside world characterize this syndrome.”

Loneliness Training Indifference Isolation Apathy Detachment Solipsism Isolation Writer Solipsism Syndrome

Author:Kilroy J. Oldster

“There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men. When the majority shall at length vote for the abolition of slavery, it will be because they are indifferent to slavery, or because there is but little slavery left to be abolished by their vote. They will then be the only slaves.”

Politics Justice Behavior Slavery Voting Apathy

Book:Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Source: Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

“For the present, it is easier for us to turn away. Our repulsion, you see, will not spur us to revolt until this plague moves much closer to home.”

Apathy Revolt

Book:Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

Source: Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters

“His eyes they held the most dangerous thing, they held the top of the sins. Indifference. Indifference. A vacancy where human care should be.”

Empathy Indifference Apathy

Book:Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung

Source: Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung

“This is how apathy goes: First, old joys become new sorrows. Then all your mornings in bed transcend into eternities. Your best friend no longer calls because the new self is unrecognizable. And your father. Your father feels unfamiliar because you are growing and he is not.”

Depression Apathy Anhedonia

Author:Ezinne Orjiako, Nkem.

“Contemplation that never leads to anything other than contemplation is contemplation that we’ve dressed up in the garb of progress so that we can tell ourselves that we’re doing something productive when in fact we’re contemplating how we can avoid doing anything.”

Fear Progress Productivity Contemplation Lazy Productive Apathy Fear Of Failure Avoidance Withdrawal

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Neither the next day, nor the day after that, did M. Folantin's unhappiness dissipate; he simply let himself drift, incapable of resisting this crushing feeling of depression. Mechanically, under a rainy sky, he would make his way to his office; then he would leave it, eat, and go to bed at nine, only to resume the following day the exact same routine; little by little he slid into complete spiritual apathy.”

Depression Unhappiness Routine Apathy

Book:Downstream

Source: Downstream

“We are all transformed by stardust, say both the wisest and most unhinged scholars of our day. Therefore, if one could be transported to the stars, one could reform her body and her mind and become a person different than the flawed wretch she currently is. It is a risky proposition, trusting the fickle cosmic winds to better a terrestrial, mortal body, but what is magic if not a declaration that one no longer cares?”

Fantasy Magic Apathy Rpg

Book:Vaginas Are Magic!

Source: Vaginas Are Magic!

“I’m not looking for a road to walk. Rather, I’m looking for a path to create. For creating a path shapes men, while walking a road simply appeases them.”

Challenges Path Journey Adventure Brave Lazy Mediocrity Apathy Road Bold

Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Although he longed to see Louise, and to see Aleph, he increasingly lacked the will to go.”

Longing Apathy Iris Murdoch Inaction The Green Knight

Book:The Green Knight

Source: The Green Knight

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