#pessimism

The world’s bumper sticker reads: Life sucks, and then you die. Perhaps Christian bumper stickers should read: Life sucks, but then you find hope and you can’t wait to die. ↗

— Ted Dekker

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It’s a tricky business, nurturing that aura of unapproachability. ↗

— Dean Hale

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See the moon? It hates us. ↗

— Donald Barthelme

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...if you live feeling like Your glass is half empty, well, It may as well be empty all the way. ↗

— Mattie J.T. Stepanek

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Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy. ↗

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic. ↗

— Kim Young-ha

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This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world. ↗

— Raymond Carver

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There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last. ↗

— Jules Renard

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It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else. ↗

— Gillian Flynn

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Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information. ↗

— Idries Shah

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