Comments on: How to Live a Life of Quiet Desperation

By: Lena

Lena — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 06:00:37 +0000

I’m sending this to my children. Thank you.

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By: TheHappyPhilosopher

TheHappyPhilosopher — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:46:25 +0000

In reply to Doom. Nice one. It is quite amazing how much misery we inflict upon ourselves for no apparent reason (well, there is a reason, just not a very good one).

By: TheHappyPhilosopher

TheHappyPhilosopher — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 13:43:00 +0000

In reply to PhysicianOnFIRE. Haha, that's a great quote...love it!

By: Doom

Doom — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:55:15 +0000

Loved that Rent Boy quote. I.Welsh is a genius.

I’ll add one from William Faulkner.
“You can’t eat for eight hours a day nor drink for eight hours a day nor make love for eight hours a day—all you can do for eight hours is work. Which is the reason why man makes himself and everybody else so miserable and unhappy.”

Brutal.