“He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.”
“He who has seen the misery of man only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of woman; he who has seen the misery of woman only has seen nothing, he must see the misery of childhood.”
“In fact, he who has only beheld the misery of man has seen nothing; the misery of woman is what he must see; he who has seen only the misery of woman has seen nothing; he must see the misery of the child.”
“Misery misery son of a bitch of all miseries.”
“Some deny the existence of misery by pointing to the sun; he denies the existence of the sun by pointing to misery.”
“He didn't know which he preferred: the Red, with its fatalistic and pious acceptance of all futures, or the Misery, acknowledging that the more you attracted notice, the worse God dealt with you.”