#absurd

The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#alive #childish #cowardice #discover #easy

Constantly risking absurdity and death whenever he performs above the heads of his audience, the poet, like an acrobat, climbs on rhyme to a high wire of his own making. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#absurdity #audience #climbs #constantly #death

When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#becomes #conclude #futile #norm #people

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#absurd #any #encounter #i #level

My first feeling about the paper and the attitude is that it is absurd. ↗

— Arthur Holly Compton

#absurd #attitude #feeling #first #paper