“I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day to day take on things. The bare facts of life are utterly terrifying. And yet, one can laugh. Indeed, one has to laugh precisely because of the darkness: the nervous laughter of the trenches.” PersonsFactsDarknessLaughingLaughterOptimisticNervousDay To DayFacts Of LifePessimisticTrenches Author:Alain de Botton
“Like all her friends, I miss her greatly...But...I am sure there is no case for lamentation...Virginia Woolf got through an immense amount of work, she gave acute pleasure in new ways, she pushed the light of the English language a little further against darkness. Those are facts.” WayLittlesFactsLightLanguagePleasureCasesDarknessMissingAmountImmenseNew WaysEnglish LanguageVirginiaWoolfLamentation Author:E. M. Forster