“Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.” IdeasSometimesLife IsBeliefGrowsSocietyYouthLetting GoEmptyConservativePossessionRadicalSymptomsConservatism Book:The Passionate State of Mind Source: The Passionate State of Mind
“In work consists the true pride of life; grounded in active employment, though early ardor may abate, it never degenerates into indifference, and age lives in perennial youth. Life is a weariness only to the idle, or where the soul is empty.” MaySoulAgeLife IsWorkYouthPrideEmptyActiveEmploymentIndifferenceIdleGroundedWearinessDegeneratesArdorYouth LifeAge Life Author:Leopold Hartley Grindon
“In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.” FeelsLittlesDifferentFeltBitsSpaceYouthLike YouLittle BitEmptyPixies Author:Stephen Malkmus
“Do not be deceived by the outward appearance of age or youth - a new pitcher may be full of good, old wine, while an old one may be totally empty.” MayAgeYouthEmptyWineAppearanceDeceivedPitcherOld WineOutward Appearance Author:Judah the Prince
“Our conversations are never easy, but as I-we-get older, we are finding that our conversations must bespoken. A need burns inside us to share with others what we are feeling Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. It is as though the coolness that marked out youth is itself a type of retrovirus that can only leave you feeling empty. Full of holes.” NeedsFeelsFeelingsAgeCertainEasyShareYouthTypeConversationFindingsEmptyCeaseHolesSincerityCoolnessFeeling Empty Author:Douglas Coupland
“2 p.m. beer nothing matters but flopping on a mattress with cheap dreams and a beer as the leaves die and the horses die and the landladies stare in the halls; brisk the music of pulled shades, a last man's cave in an eternity of swarm and explosion; nothing but the dripping sink, the empty bottle, euphoria, youth fenced in, stabbed and shaven, taught words propped up to die.” MenMatterDreamLastsDiesYouthTaughtEmptyEternityHorseBeerStaringHallsBottlesShadeCavesExplosionsEuphoriaDrippingSwarmsMattressesNothing MattersFloppingEmpty Bottles Book:Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame Source: Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame