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“While they were dancing, the buoyancy that the champagne had given her left her all at once, and she slumped and felt suddenly tired and miserable about all the things that Denys should have said a...”
“Jessica walked away from Aaron and Ken, flashing them both a big smile. They were both very attractive she had dated each of them a number of times. In fact, not too long ago she had contemplated ...”
“Boredom is your soul's way of telling you to step up and do what you were born to.”
“I would slay myself on the altar of boredom if given the chance.”
“Some of the freckles I once loved are now closer to liver spots. But its still the eyes we look at, isnt it? Thats where we found the other person, and find them still.”
“You have to be the right type for calm waters. For some, dead calm is inner peace, for others it's the doldrums.”
“Boredom looms over the liveliest lessons, seeking to destroy.”
“There had once been a time when I'd dreaded the end of summer, had prayed it would hold out for as long as possible. Now the thought of endless warmth and sun made me . . . bored. Restless.”
“Envy of other people shows how they are unhappy. Their continual attention to others behavior shows how they are boring.”
“Ive matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.”
“She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.”
“That's right,' she told the girls. 'You are bored. And I'm going to let you in on a little secret about life. You think it's boring now? Well, it only gets more boring. The sooner you learn it's on...”
“The truth is that everyone is bored, and devotes himself to cultivating habits.”
“The Beatles saved the world from boredom.”
“When hit by boredom, let yourself be crushed by it; submerge, hit bottom. In general, with things unpleasant, the rule is: The sooner you hit bottom, the faster you surface. The idea here is to exa...”
“We all want to break our orbits, float like a satellite gone wild in space, run the risk of disintegration. We all want to take our lives in our own hands and hurl them out among the stars.”
“Boredom comes from a boring mind.”
“When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.”
“Blissa-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, consciouslies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most tedious thing you can find (Tax ...”
“Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.”
