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"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."
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"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."
"Pessimism is as American as apple pie - frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese."
"I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine."
"I never said I was sad, I'm just pessimistic, said Alecto. "Expect the worst, that way you'll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems."
"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."
"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."
"Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'."
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"Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long."
"The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand."
"Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food."
"There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth."
"The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation."
"The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble."
"The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness."
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