Boredom Quote by Henry James

“He could not make them understand that...having a good time bored him and was not worth the effort.”

— Joseph Heller

“He seemed not to know the uses of silence.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“And then I explained to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore…

— Elie Wiesel

“He sneered with the impatience of people listening to the obvious lies of others.”

— Anne Rice

“He craved silences and solitude. He simply could not get lost in another person’s life.”

— Sreesha Divakaran

“always struck him how much more effective silence was than words. If the effect you were after was to disconcert.”

— Louise Penny

“I despised him as one fit only for amusement, a man with whom I associated for that sole purpose.”

— Osamu Dazai

“I was glad he didn’t try to come up with something encouraging to say. Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of…

— Mia Sheridan

“The silence wasn't uncomfortable or hostile but exhausted--the quiet of people who have a great deal to think about but not a hell of…

— Stephen King

“He (Lincoln) was accustomed to hearing words, many of them boring, but he was not accustomed to group silence.”

— Elton Trueblood

“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to think of…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Idleness was so often despised. And yet it was on idleness, she knew, that one touched meaning and peace.”

— Mary Balogh