Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. – Gunther Grass
Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in. – Gunther Grass
If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle — absolute busyness — then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy — and without consciousness. – Gunther Grass
We talk a lot on Biggest Loser about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. Im always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music. – Alison Sweeney