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Absurdity Quotes

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"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity."
Julio Cortazar
"Only by living absurdly is it possible to break out of this infinite absurdity."
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"The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to."
David Lynch
"The concept of absurdity is something I'm attracted to."
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"It's okay to be absurd, ridiculous, and downright irrational at times; silliness is sweet syrup that helps us swallow the bitter pills of life."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"It's okay to be absurd, ridiculous, and downright irrational at times; silliness is sweet syrup that helps us swallow the bitter pills of life."
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"He's got a can up there,' Richard said."
John Steinbeck
"He's got a can up there,' Richard said."
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"Nothing happened. Nothing continued to happen. More Nothing. The Return of Nothing. Son of Nothing. Nothing Rides Again. Nothing and Abbot and Costello meet the Wolfman..."
Neil Gaiman
"Nothing happened. Nothing continued to happen. More Nothing. The Return of Nothing. Son of Nothing. Nothing Rides Again. Nothing and Abbot and Costello meet the Wolfman..."
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"Down, boy! Couchant! I said couchant! No! Not rampant!"
Terry Pratchett
"Down, boy! Couchant! I said couchant! No! Not rampant!"
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"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
"In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd."
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"It doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horseor that the hummingbird is so seldomseenor that we are too senseless to goinsane.coffee. give us more of that NOTHINGcoffee."
Charles Bukowski
"It doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horseor that the hummingbird is so seldomseenor that we are too senseless to goinsane.coffee. give us more of that NOTHINGcoffee."
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"Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead."
Rick Riordan
"Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead."
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"Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it."
Vaclav Havel
"Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it."
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"Annihilation is an absurdity in terms."
Bernard Palissy
"Annihilation is an absurdity in terms."
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"No people find each other more absurd than lovers."
C. S. Lewis
"No people find each other more absurd than lovers."
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"Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy."
Rick Riordan
"Felix believed that the answer to every problem involved penguins; but it wasn't fair to birds, and I was getting tired of teleporting them back home. Somewhere in Antarctica, a whole flock of Magellanic penguins were undergoing psychotherapy."
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"Bursar?"Yes, Archchancellor?"You ain't a member of some secret society or somethin', are you?"Me? No, Archchancellor."Then it'd be a damn good idea to take your underpants off your head."
Terry Pratchett
"Bursar?"Yes, Archchancellor?"You ain't a member of some secret society or somethin', are you?"Me? No, Archchancellor."Then it'd be a damn good idea to take your underpants off your head."
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"Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation."
Claude Levi-Strauss
"Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation."
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"Susan's gotta poker, you know," it said, as if anxious to be helpful. WELL, WELL. INDEED. MY GOODNESS ME. week she picked up a bogey by its nose."Death tried to imagine this. He felt sure he'd heard the sentence wrong, but it didn't sound a whole lot better however he rearranged the words."
Terry Pratchett
"Susan's gotta poker, you know," it said, as if anxious to be helpful. WELL, WELL. INDEED. MY GOODNESS ME. week she picked up a bogey by its nose."Death tried to imagine this. He felt sure he'd heard the sentence wrong, but it didn't sound a whole lot better however he rearranged the words."
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"If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that."
John Cusack
"If you're going to get into social criticism with absurdity and satire, you can't be politically correct when you do that."
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"All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
Kurt Vonnegut
"All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental."
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"I am, he thought dimly, watching a vampire take a piss."
Stephen King
"I am, he thought dimly, watching a vampire take a piss."
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"We must content ourselves with the mystery, the absurdity, the contradictions, the hostility, but also the generosity that our environment offers us. It's not much, but it's always better than the deadly, defeatist certainty of the paranoid."
Philip K. Dick
"We must content ourselves with the mystery, the absurdity, the contradictions, the hostility, but also the generosity that our environment offers us. It's not much, but it's always better than the deadly, defeatist certainty of the paranoid."
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"Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans!"
Terry Pratchett
"Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans!"
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"So, you invite a wild rabbit living in Italy to a party on the island of Crete. What's it supposed to do, swim there? Its little tux would get wet."
Rick Riordan
"So, you invite a wild rabbit living in Italy to a party on the island of Crete. What's it supposed to do, swim there? Its little tux would get wet."
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