pessimistic

Life is short unless agony is long.

Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss.

Belief is a wonderful way to pass the time until the facts come in.

Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.

Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.

I don't know much about the world, but I do know one thing for sure. If I'm pessimistic, then the adults in this world who are not pessimistic are a bunch of idiots.

Depression is not generalized pessimism, but pessimism specific to the effects of one's own skilled action.

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Doubt is a form of pessimism that acts as an agent, which is sent to hinder prosperity on its materilization journey.

Life has too many disappointments to make room for negativity.

Start looking at the glass as half full and not half empty, a positive life is secondary to you being positive.

There is no such thing as magic," she told me. "You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it's never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only fall

A negative outlook is dangerous. When you say, __t can__ get any worse!_ You're essentially challenging the universe to do exactly that.

Life presents innumerable possibilities for love, friendship, compassion, and self-fulfillment, but we must be willing to give in order to receive. Persistence, sacrifice, a quest for knowledge, along with acquaintance with our true self is essential in order to achieve our dreams. Panic, fear, worry, doubt, anger, and a negative attitude are the biggest impediments to self-realization. The most important battle we undertake in life is not with other people; rather it takes place in the human mind.

Music _ good music, great music _ had a hard, irreducible purity to it. It might be bitter and despairing and pessimistic, but it could never be cynical. If music is tragic, those with asses_ ears accuse it of being cynical. But when a composer is bitter, or in despair, or pessimistic, that still means he believes in something.

A month ago, Gavin had given his employer four weeks' notice. "I'll get a job around here," he'd told her. "Something low-stress, part-time, maybe. We're not paying rent, and Dad's left us plenty. You should quit, too." A year earlier this news would have filled her with delicious, full fat, chocolate-coated joy. But now, after a grueling routine of shitty work, shitty- weird home life in a house where the shadow of a dead boy walked more solidly than the grownups, shitty headaches, shitty worry about a husband who couldn't keep his dick out of other women, the golden offer just weirded Laine out. She didn't trust it.

I__ like to think that the day I realize we will always be miserable will differ from every other. I hope it will so obnoxiously stand out from the monotonous cycle of my days, that I wouldn__ forget that sorrowful moment of comprehension. But, when that breeze of reality comes by, it wont be a memorable hurricane, nor a momentous tornado. It will be the same, sad, soft wind that I felt the day before, and the day before that. Because the moment you understand your inevitable misery in life, may also be the day you see you are to always be dejected.

We are not built for mediocrity, but we build it into our lives nonetheless.