#miser

To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery. ↗

— Albert Camus

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I guess lyrically they're similar because they're talking about escaping the kind of misery that likes company. 'The Last One Alive,' for me, is very simple. It's just about alienation, really, that causes anger. ↗

— Jon Crosby

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This president failed so miserably in diplomacy that we are now forced to war. ↗

— Tom Daschle

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He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it. ↗

— Voltaire

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He gave to misery (all he had) a tear. ↗

— Thomas Gray

#had #misery #tear

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable. ↗