“There were moments when life at school became a matter of utter indifference to him. Then the putty of his everyday concerns… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
TEDIUM, n. Ennui, the state or condition of one that is bored. Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Thus people--so it seems to me-- Become good friends from sheer ennui. — Alexander Pushkin Copy Share Image
“He suffered from indigestion now nearly every afternoon in his life, but as he lacked introspection he projected the associated discomfort upon… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“In a lifeworld, where we can be what we are, and not what people expect us to be, we can escape a… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Idleness begets ennui, ennui the hypochondriac, and that a diseased body. No laborious person was ever yet hysterical. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Tea leaves thwart those who court catastrophe, designing futures where nothing will occur: cross the gypsy’s palm and yawning she will still… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Ennui is the disease of hearts without feeling, and of minds without resources. — Madame Roland Copy Share Image
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui, vanish,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Necessity is the constant scourge of the lower classes, ennui of the higher ones. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“I had a hunger for things I knew realistically I didn't actually care for.” — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
Don't tell me that you have exhausted Life. When a man says that, one knows that life has exhausted him. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The victims of ennui paralyze all the grosser feelings by excess, and torpify all the finer by disuse and inactivity. Disgusted with… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives! — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
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