"It would be wrong to refuse to face the fact that everything is fundamentally sick and sad."

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Source : Thomas Bernhard (2010). “Gargoyles: A Novel”, p.13, Vintage

Thomas Bernhard

#Sick Quotes #Faces Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Reality TV is here, it's been here really since the Carol Levis Discovery Show in 1957. It's never changed. It just looks a bit different.”
“Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens.”
“I used to go play football matches in the morning, and Id go straight from me football game to a dance competition.”
“I favor capital punishment. It saves lives.”
“Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.”
“There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear!”
“I don't get recognised in London or at home either - very seldom anyway. Either that or I look so crazy no one wants to come up to me.”
“It's all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It's like you've met your reason to live.”

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