#absurd

GOOD MORNING," said the little prince. "Good Morning," said the salesclerk. This was a salesclerk who sold pills invented to quench thirst. Swallow one a week and you no longer feel any need to drink. "Why do you sell these pills?" "They save so much time," the salesclerk said. "Experts have calculated that you can save fifty-three minutes a week." "And what do you do with those fifty-three minutes?" "Whatever you like." "If I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked," the little prince said to himself, "I'd walk very slowly toward a water fountain... ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#inspirational #profound #quest #simple #inspirational

You'll never know what psychopathic heights you're capable of, just lying there on the sofa ↗

— Josh Stern

#humor-inspirational #psycopaths #sofa #inspirational

My next breath may very well be in your lungs. Store it wisely, because my life depends on it.
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— Jarod Kintz

#breath #future #humor #life #lungs

I watched the sunset from the comfort of my bathtub, which has a clear bottom so I had an unobstructed view. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#bathtub #sunset #life

The tire left a skid mark on the road that looked like a mustache. So I shaved it off the pavement, stuffed it in my trunk, and took it home to wear to work the next day. Ah, but that’s life, no?
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— Jarod Kintz

#day #life #mustache #nonsense #pavement

If nothing had any meaning, you would be right. But there is something that still has a meaning. ↗

— Albert Camus

#existentialism #meaning-of-life #nihilism #the-absurd #life

Love is like trying to wrestle an albino. It’s tough because they’re slippery and all lubed up with sunscreen.
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— Jarod Kintz

#albino #love #lube #slip #slippery

Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick she was in love with coming up the road with a calf under his arm or whatever. Why was she dancing? No reason. Just alive, I guess. ↗

— George Saunders

#dancing #happiness #humor #love

Money can't buy you friends, but you do get a better class of enemy. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#money

Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#organized-religion #paradox #religion #hope