"We all spend so much time not saying what we want, because we know we can't have it. And because it sounds ungracious, or ungrateful, or disloyal, or childish, or banal. Or because we're so desperate to pretend that things are OK, really, that confessing to ourselves they're not looks like a bad move. Go on, say what you want. ... Whatever it is, say it to yourself. The truth will set you free. Either that or it'll get you a punch in the nose. Surviving in whatever life you're living means lying, and lying corrodes the soul, so take a break from the lies for just one minute."
Are we all living in a world of illusions that we build for ourselves? If we make certain compromises in our life, does that mean we are lying to ourselves? 😕
"A man who wants to die feels angry and full of life and desperate and bored and exhausted, all at the same time; he wants to fight everyone, and he wants to curl up in a ball and hide in a cupboard somewhere. He wants to say sorry to everyone, and he wants everyone to know just how badly they've all let him down."
Is it right to blame others for letting us down by ending our own lives? Aren't we in some way putting the blame on others, who may not necessarily be responsible for the mess you are in the first place?
"You thought you were going to be someone, but now it's obvious you're nobody. You haven't got as much talent as you thought you had, and there was no Plan B, and you got no skills and no education, and now you're looking at forty or fifty years of nothing. Less than nothing, probably. That's pretty heavy. That's worse than having the brain thing, because what you got now will take a lot longer to kill you. You've got the choice of a slow, painful death, or a quick, merciful one."
I think this has been discussed already. 😳😳
"One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection."
This is by far my favourite quote. How true is it and do you all agree with it?
"That's the thing with the young these days, isn't it? They watch too many happy endings. Everything has to be wrapped up, with a smile and a tear and a wave. Everyone has learned, found love, seen the error of their ways, discovered the joys of monogamy, or fatherhood, or filial duty, or life itself. In my day, people got shot at the end of films, after learning only that life is hollow, dismal, brutish, and short."
Is life really hollow, dismal, brutish and short? What is the purpose of life anyways?
"Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive."
My second favourite quote. 😃😃
I just realized that I won't like the book too much. 😳😳 Though, it does has some interesting and insightful thoughts and quotes. 😃😃
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