#sm

Cynicism was a one-way path, and once taken the way back was lost forever. ↗

— Chris Wooding

#cynicism

I fight cynicism. It`s too easy. It`s really boring. It`s much harder to be positive and see the wonder of everything. Cynicism is a bunch of people who aren`t as talented as other people, knocking them because they make them feel even more untalented. ↗

— Ewan McGregor

#cynicism #people #cynicism

And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#cynical #cynicism

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#cynical #negative #nietzsche #people #cynicism

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

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

#pessimism #pessimism

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

— Kim Young-ha

#on-fiction #pessimism #reality #pessimism

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

— Raymond Carver

#gazebo #pessimism #pessimism

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

— Jules Renard

#pessimism