“ Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. Thomas L. Friedman
“ The author says people are guilty of wrecking the present because the future was bound to be a wreck. T.H. White
“ If you think someone is seriously on the prod for your ass, it keeps you awake. Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
“ You always think everything is so easy, Royce replied, wiping his eyes.I'm just a glass-half-full kinda guy. How's your glass looking these days?I have no idea. I'm still trying to get over the sheer… Michael J. Sullivan
“ Without the hope of posterity, for our race if not for ourselves, without the assurance that we being dead yet live, all pleasures of the mind and senses sometimes seem to me no more than pathetic and… P.D. James
“ Sombres, dites-vous? Mais posez-vous la question docteur : pourquoi tous les grands philosophes sont-ils sombres? Demandez-vous qui sont les gens satisfaits, rassurés et éternellement joyeux! Laissez-… Irvin D. Yalom
“ Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down. John Kenneth Galbraith
“ If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it. Henry David Thoreau
“ It is surely unreasonable to credit that only one small star in the immensity of the universe is capable of developing and supporting intelligent life. But we shall not get to them and they will not c… P.D. James
“ If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would not a man rather have so much sympathy with the coming generation as to spare it t… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse. Robert Lynn Asprin
“ You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. Chuck Palahniuk
“ Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ. William Shakespeare
“ Happiness made Marv anxious because he knew it didn't last. But happiness destroyed was worth wrapping your arms around because it always hugged you back. Dennis Lehane
“ Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss Scatcherd's can only see those minute defects, and are blind to the full brightness of… Charlotte Bronte
“ Some things are hard to imagine. Can you conceive of excessive contentment, for example? Or an over pleasant evening? Too much happiness? Alan Moore
“ Todos nós crescemos vendo os mesmos programas de TV. É como se tivéssemos os mesmos implantes artificiais de memória. Não nos recordamos de quase nada da nossa verdadeira infância, mas nos lembramos d… Chuck Palahniuk
“ Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors? Emile Zola
