“ The logic of pessimism moves through three refusals: a no-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-for-us, or Schopenhauer’s tears); a yes-saying to the worst (refusal of the world-in-itself, or Niet… Eugene Thacker
“ I am often guilty of expecting the worst so as to avoid disappointment and welcome surprise. Criss Jami
“ 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
“ When you always stay positive, you least worry yourself over anything at all! You only take lessons from negative moments of life, and people who seek to change your positive nature to negative! Don’t… Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ There is no such thing as magic," she told me. "You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it's never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only fall Melissa DeCarlo
“ Why harrow oneself by looking on the worst side?... Because it is sometimes necessary. Agatha Christie
“ If just once you were depressed for no reason, you have been so all your life without knowing it.Becoming: an agony without an ending.The older I grow, the less I enjoy performing my little Hamlet. Th… Emil M. Cioran
“ Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic. Young-Ha Kim
“ It’s not about optimism, pessimism or realism. It’s not about thinking nothing bad will ever happen to you. It’s about having the faith and courage that no matter what happens, you’ll be okay. Brownell Landrum
“ Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway. Jonathan Harnisch
“ To claim that one can never live a positive life with a negative mind is a very negative claim to make! Criss Jami
“ Life presents innumerable possibilities for love, friendship, compassion, and self-fulfillment, but we must be willing to give in order to receive. Persistence, sacrifice, a quest for knowledge, along… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ You shall only continue to feel bitter when you continue to make your mind the door step for footprints of bitterness! When you mind your mind, you mind your mind, you mind your heart, you mind your b… Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
“ It seemed to me that, no matter what endeavor I was involved in, I was to be something of a sham. Peter David
“ I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half which is true keeps changing places with the half which is false. Peter David
“ I guess it really had been brave . . . because it was so bugger-all stupid, and if there was one thing I'd come to realize, ti was that bravery and bugger-all stupidity went hand in hand. Peter David
“ Unfortunately, the world does not always act in a manner consistent with one's plans for it. Peter David
“ In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my c… Peter David
“ Youth believes itself immortal. There is a cure for such an attitude, but unfortunately it is a cure from which one never recovers. Peter David
