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![E.A. Bucchianeri](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1517071693i/2798990._UX200_CR0,11,200,200_.jpg)
“...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
![Rachel Vincent](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1394768659i/415967._UY200_CR1,0,200,200_.jpg)
“My aunt and overprivileged cousin only recognize two states of being: glitter and grunge. And if you weren’t glitter, well, that only left one other option.”
― My Soul to Take
― My Soul to Take
![Ashim Shanker](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1625527326i/2829579._UX200_CR0,13,200,200_.jpg)
“His hatred for all was so intense that it should extinguish the very love from which it was conceived. And thus, he ceased to feel. There was nothing further in which to believe that made the prospect of feeling worthwhile. Daily he woke up and cast downtrodden eyes upon the sea and he would say to himself with a hint of regret at his hitherto lack of indifference, 'All a dim illusion, was it? Surely it was foolish of me to think any of this had meaning.' He would then spend hours staring at the sky, wondering how best to pass the time if everything—even the sky itself— were for naught. He arrived at the conclusion that there was no best way to pass the time. The only way to deal with the illusion of time was to endure it, knowing full well, all the while, that one was truly enduring nothing at all. Unfortunately for him, this nihilistic resolution to dispassion didn’t suit him very well and he soon became extremely bored. Faced now with the choice between further boredom and further suffering, he impatiently chose the latter, sailing another few weeks along the coast , and then inland, before finally dropping anchor off the shores of the fishing village of Yami.”
― Only the Deplorable
― Only the Deplorable
![V.S. Naipaul](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1497418880i/3989._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg)
“And it was strange, I thought, that sorrow lasts and can make a man look forward to death, but the mood of victory fills a moment and then is over”
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![Terry Pratchett](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1235562205i/1654._UX200_CR0,38,200,200_.jpg)
“Then Carrot said, "It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness, captain. That's what they say."
"What?" Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. "Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -”
― Men at Arms
"What?" Vimes' sudden rage was like a thunderclap. "Who says that? When has that ever been true? It's never been true! It's the kind of thing people without power say to make it all seem less bloody awful, but it's just words, it never makes any difference -”
― Men at Arms
![Theodor Fontane](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1222099766i/68613._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“Ein Optimist ist ein Mensch, der ein Dutzend Austern bestellt, in der Hoffnung, sie mit der Perle, die er darin findet, bezahlen zu können.”
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![Warren Ellis](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1615217087i/12772._UY200_CR22,0,200,200_.jpg)
“You think that drinking with a serial killer takes you into the midnight currents of the culture? I say bullshit. There's been twelve TV documentaries, three movies and eight books about me. I'm more popular than any of these designed-by-pedophile pop moppets littering the music television and the gossip columns. I've killed more people than Paris Hilton has desemenated, I was famous before she was here and I'll be famous after she's gone. I am the mainstream. I am, in fact, the only true rock star of the modern age. Every newspaper in America never fails to report on my comeback tours, and I get excellent reviews.”
― Crooked Little Vein
― Crooked Little Vein
![Quentin Crisp](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651609669i/49216._UX200_CR0,32,200,200_.jpg)
“Without an element of vulgarity, no man can be a work of art...I have to try and think what an artist is, apart from a hooligan who cannot live within his income of praise.”
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![Gary Inbinder](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1441640245i/2750098._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“To say "He was a young fool, and now he's an old fool" is to make a distinction without a difference.”
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![Dan Chaon](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1241719844i/16560._UX200_CR0,39,200,200_.jpg)
“It was disconcerting to live in a time in which accepting reality required a suspension of disbelief.”
― Sleepwalk
― Sleepwalk
![Anton Chekhov](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1650587503i/5031025._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“I was going mad, I was a megalomaniac, but on the other hand, I was cheerful, bright and even happy - I was interesting and original. Now I've become more sensible and sound, but on the other hand, I'm the same as everybody else: I'm a mediocrity, life bores me... Oh, you've been so cruel to me!”
― The Black Monk
― The Black Monk
![Ausma Zehanat Khan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1409624028i/8326636._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“And why are you wearing plastic?
It's not plastic, Nate said, affronted.
It's the same material mountain climbers use for protection at high altitudes.
Hmm she said. You know Toronto's almost at sea level, right?”
― Among the Ruins
It's not plastic, Nate said, affronted.
It's the same material mountain climbers use for protection at high altitudes.
Hmm she said. You know Toronto's almost at sea level, right?”
― Among the Ruins
![Romain Gary](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1565824824i/32807._UY200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“I should’ve known it,” he groaned. “The moment you pick up a bare-assed stripper from the Crazy Horse, she’s bound to be religious.”
― The Gasp
― The Gasp
![Romain Gary](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1565824824i/32807._UY200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“You know, Chavez, what Kaiser Wilhelm said after he had caused the death of millions? He said: ’Ich habe das nicht gewollt.’ I didn’t want THIS to happen. A worthy epitaph for mankind.”
― The Gasp
― The Gasp
![Lisa Unger](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1682032034i/18445._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“There was so much sorrow in his voice that I almost stopped but kept going instead. I thought I could hitch a ride, go to the police and get myself arrested or deported or murdered or whatever. It didn't matter.”
― Sliver of Truth
― Sliver of Truth
![Lisa Gardner](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1395879573i/18282._UX200_CR0,40,200,200_.jpg)
“You're not a killer," I whisper one last time. Then I drop to the ground, twisting as I roll to light up his form with my flashlight.
Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger.
A single crack. Brent crumples where he stands.
"But now I am," I finish.”
― Still See You Everywhere
Inside Vaughn's cabin, Aolani pulls the trigger.
A single crack. Brent crumples where he stands.
"But now I am," I finish.”
― Still See You Everywhere
![Zakiya Dalila Harris](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1649855065i/20050406._UX200_CR0,39,200,200_.jpg)
“..eight or nine women and one extremely serious-looking man had decided to spend their Monday evening exercising with a demonic workout instructor n the Flatbush District rather than doing something sensible, like restocking their wine supply or doing a crossword.”
― The Other Black Girl
― The Other Black Girl
![Ashley Elston](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720475214i/5317545._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“She pressed me for information, not punched me in the face, but in small towns among small groups of friends, there is little difference between those two things. Ryan can hold a grudge.”
― First Lie Wins
― First Lie Wins
![Mateo Askaripour](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1719507684i/20196638._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“But the way he was acting made me feel like I was just chopping it up with someone instead of being grilled.”
― Black Buck
― Black Buck
![Anubhav Srivastava](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720286047i/50883018._UX200_CR0,109,200,200_.jpg)
“Life is ironic. Barring certain medical treatments, the things that we need the most in life cost the least, the ones that we need the least are the most expensive”
― Inspirational Sayings: Get Super Motivated and Achieve Amazing Success through Inspirational Sayings!
― Inspirational Sayings: Get Super Motivated and Achieve Amazing Success through Inspirational Sayings!
![Anubhav Srivastava](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720286047i/50883018._UX200_CR0,109,200,200_.jpg)
“I read a joke somewhere about how Bollywood movies exaggerating about people getting heart attacks as a result of being humiliated was nonsense, because if that were the case, then everyone working in toxic jobs would get one every week.
Reading that “joke” actually made me pretty sad about the kind of lives many are being forced to lead.
Obviously, people will say they have no choice. Because they need to put food on the table. This is a valid reason.
But it’s not just food but also expensive clothes, gadgets, jewelery and accessories.
And they need expensive furniture in an expensive house. And then they need an expensive car outside, or maybe two. The more the better
The best part, they buy almost all of that using bank loans.
Congratulations, now you are a slave till every single one of your debts is paid off, which is probably the next 30 years. Now you just need to choose whom you prefer to make your life hell - Your toxic workplace or the "friendly" people from the collection agency when you default on the loan? What a beautiful life indeed!”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
Reading that “joke” actually made me pretty sad about the kind of lives many are being forced to lead.
Obviously, people will say they have no choice. Because they need to put food on the table. This is a valid reason.
But it’s not just food but also expensive clothes, gadgets, jewelery and accessories.
And they need expensive furniture in an expensive house. And then they need an expensive car outside, or maybe two. The more the better
The best part, they buy almost all of that using bank loans.
Congratulations, now you are a slave till every single one of your debts is paid off, which is probably the next 30 years. Now you just need to choose whom you prefer to make your life hell - Your toxic workplace or the "friendly" people from the collection agency when you default on the loan? What a beautiful life indeed!”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
![Anubhav Srivastava](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720286047i/50883018._UX200_CR0,109,200,200_.jpg)
“We have been brainwashed into believing that the meaning of life is a rat race where happiness is a reward waiting at the end. And quite often the society, including our parents and other relatives are to blame for it. How are you going to be happy? When you study extremely hard and get into a great college later, you will be happy and successful.
Well, what do you do when you get into that great college and don’t seem all that happy? Well, you better work hard in college and keep your grades up so that you get your dream job and then you’ll be happy! Well, when you get your dream job and are making money but miserable you are supposed to get married because then you will finally have a “happy stable life”.
Finally even after marriage, when life is still a chore and now you are supposed to do everything for your kids, you keep wondering, hey where’s my happiness? I am still not happy, in fact I am miserable!
It is then that society tells you it was fooling you all along. It tells you “Suck it up, the meaning of life is to do what we tell you to do, not to be happy!”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
Well, what do you do when you get into that great college and don’t seem all that happy? Well, you better work hard in college and keep your grades up so that you get your dream job and then you’ll be happy! Well, when you get your dream job and are making money but miserable you are supposed to get married because then you will finally have a “happy stable life”.
Finally even after marriage, when life is still a chore and now you are supposed to do everything for your kids, you keep wondering, hey where’s my happiness? I am still not happy, in fact I am miserable!
It is then that society tells you it was fooling you all along. It tells you “Suck it up, the meaning of life is to do what we tell you to do, not to be happy!”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
![Anubhav Srivastava](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720286047i/50883018._UX200_CR0,109,200,200_.jpg)
“Society doesn’t accept that happiness is the key to success, to them here is the definition of success: You do what you are meant to do as a pawn in the world and make some money doing it, then die and make way for other pawns.
Now if you make an animal buy into this stupid rule, it’s understandable. What is not is how a so called higher being such as a human can ever accept that his or her fate is just to be a pawn leading a meaningless life, no matter how highly paid that pawn is. If you have the slightest ability to think consciously you will eventually realize that just doing what society asks you to do is no success at all if it deprives you of happiness. In fact, it means your life has been a total failure.”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
Now if you make an animal buy into this stupid rule, it’s understandable. What is not is how a so called higher being such as a human can ever accept that his or her fate is just to be a pawn leading a meaningless life, no matter how highly paid that pawn is. If you have the slightest ability to think consciously you will eventually realize that just doing what society asks you to do is no success at all if it deprives you of happiness. In fact, it means your life has been a total failure.”
― UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life
![Anubhav Srivastava](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1720286047i/50883018._UX200_CR0,109,200,200_.jpg)
“Most animals in the wild spend their entire lives interacting with other animals without EVER knowing what they themselves look like.
Unfortunately, we aren't too different. All our life, we play characters - the child, the student, the employee, the friend, the partner, the parent, the professional etc. We have assumed these to be our real identity because we have only been taught to interact with the world around us, but never with ourselves.
Start giving time to yourself or your entire life will go by without knowing the actual actor behind these characters.”
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Unfortunately, we aren't too different. All our life, we play characters - the child, the student, the employee, the friend, the partner, the parent, the professional etc. We have assumed these to be our real identity because we have only been taught to interact with the world around us, but never with ourselves.
Start giving time to yourself or your entire life will go by without knowing the actual actor behind these characters.”
―
![Anna Rajmon](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1723716981i/50388582._UY200_CR20,0,200,200_.jpg)
“My romantic decisions and life have been so fascinating that I feel like a character straight out of one of Taylor Swift’s hit songs.”
― ELIS
― ELIS
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