Absurd Quotes

832 Absurd quotes by 611 unique authors

The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of oneâ€™s mind, is the condition of the normal man. Society highly… — R. D. Laing
And this lesson about mortal peace of mind I never forgot. Even if a ghost is ripping a house to pieces, throwing in pans all… — Anne Rice
Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd. — Sinclair Lewis
If you find life absurd, shouldnâ€™t you find death precisely meaningful? — Harry Mulisch
Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid. Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his… — Oscar Wilde
That's absurd," I said with a little laugh. "Nobody can read too much. That's like saying someone breathes too much. — Lynn Austin
And yet ... But what if ... I want to do something impossible. Something astounding and unheard of. I want to scrub the moss off… — Isaac Marion
Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous… — David Eddings
When she looked at herself in her wedding photographs, Ammu felt the woman that looked back at her was someone else. A foolish jewelled bride.… — Arundhati Roy
What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what's the weirdest… — Gail Carriger
Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd — Albert Camus
Soon madness has worn you down. Itâ€™s easier to do what it says than argue. In this way, it takes over your mind. You no… — Marya Hornbacher
A madman's ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness. — Jean-Paul Sartre
When you know to laugh and when to look upon things as too absurd to take seriously, the other person is ashamed to carry through… — Eleanor Roosevelt
There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One… — Carl Jung
For an absurd moment, I wondered if Ammit devoured the hearts of wicked cows, and if he liked the beefy taste. - Carter Kane — Rick Riordan
Suddenly his expression turned to alarm. He sprinted toward us. For a moment I had an absurd vision of myself on the cover of one… — Rick Riordan
It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you have… — Michel de Montaigne
Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally… — Victor Hugo
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the… — Emma Goldman

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