“Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom”
“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”
“A world without boredom would be dull.”
“One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation, and despair.”
“Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.”
“In the belly of Leviathan, Mr Thomas, one can either despair and perish, or be cheerful and persevere.”