Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the read more

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Boredom: the desire for desires

Boredom: the desire for desires

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the read more

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.

Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.