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The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of

The war between being and nothingness is the underlying illness of the twentieth century. Boredom slays more of existence than war. – Norman Mailer

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I start with the idea of constructing a treehouse and end with a skyscraper made of wood. – Norman Mailer

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. – Norman Mailer

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Living, just by itself –what a dirge that is! Life is a classroom and Boredoms the usher, there all the time to spy on you… – Louis-Ferdinand Celine

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh

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

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Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always. – Guy Debord

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