“I felt the sort of soaring, ceilingless tedium that transcends tedium and becomes worry.”

“A tedium that includes the expectation of nothing but more tedium; a regret, right now, for the regret I’ll havetomorrow for having felt regret today – huge confusions with no point and no truth, huge confusions…”

“Boredom is an instrument of social control. Power is the power to impose boredom, to command stasis, to combine this stasis with anguish. The real tedium, deep tedium, is seasoned with terror and with death.”

“Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.”

“Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?”

“Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.”