What fictional book scene or quote do you think best describes your outlook on life?

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ShoePaste@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

honeynut@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y

I've seen the meanness of humans till I don't know why god ain't put out the sun and gone away.

Skyraptor7@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present. Honorable Schoolboy, John Le Carre

WarmSoda@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

I have no idea what the name of the book is, I read it 25 years ago, but a character in it was talking about life and either them or another chatacter eventually broke it down to

ride the waves

I took it as there's ups and downs. That's ok, just ride the waves.

Mediocrates@partizle.com · 1 pts · 3y

"He was going to live forever, or die in the attempt."

Anonymousclimber@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y

Fear is the mind killer…

Oneeightnine@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 3y

Right now?

“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.”

Yeah. It's going good.