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quote 2015-07-11 15:05

The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.

Brave New Worlds - Kurt Vonnegut,Neil Gaiman,Sarah Langan,Shirley Jackson,Harlan Ellison,Ray Bradbury,Kate Wilhelm,Joseph Paul Haines,Joe Mastroianni,Matt Williamson,S.L. Gilbow,Genevieve Valentine,Ross E. Lockhart,Jeremiah Tolbert,Vylar Kaftan,John Joseph Adams,Heather Lin

Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas"

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quote 2015-01-21 15:43

There Might Be Cupcakes and Books

Beezus gave her sister a look of disgust. 'Ramona, grow up!'

Ramona lost all patience. 'Can't you see I'm trying?' she yelled at the top of her voice. People were always telling her to grow up. What did they think she was trying to do?

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quote 2014-09-24 07:28

The better to see you, my dear

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the over-compensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.

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