"Boredom slays more of existence than war." — Norman Mailer

"Boredom slays more of existence than war."

— Norman Mailer

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160 Quotes by Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer has 160 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We love those who can lead us to a place we will never reach without them.
The private terror of the liberal spirit is invariably suicide, not murder.
One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing…
In such places as Greenwich Village, a menage-a-trois was completed- the bohemian and the juvenile delinquent came face-to-face with the…
The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative…
We divorced ourselves from the materials of the earth, the rock, the wood, the iron ore; we looked to new…
A political convention is after all not a meeting of a corporation's board of directors; it is a fiesta, a…
At bottom, I mean profoundly at bottom, the FBI has nothing to do with Communism, it has nothing to do…
I no longer gave a sick dog's drop for the wisdom, the reliability and the authority of the public's literary…
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.
Over-certified adjectives are the mark of most best-seller writing

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More Boredom Quotes

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. — Robert Adams
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life… — Joseph Brodsky
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. — Lenny Bruce
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so… — Warren Buffett
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. — William S. Burroughs

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