Source: Les Misérables
Quoted by Alex Kuczynski, Vanity Fair, "Finding Viggo" (January 1, 2004).
“All the world is sad and dreary,
Everywhere I roam.”
As quoted at Family Book of Best Loved Poems, by David L. George, (1952)
Old Folks at Home
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The History of Freedom in Christianity (1877)
Context: John Knox thought that every Catholic in Scotland ought to be put to death; and no man ever had disciples of a sterner or more relentless temper. But his counsel was not followed.
All through the religious conflict, policy kept the upper hand. When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
That's when it's really sad.
Rolling Stone magazine/iTunes podcast (December 2005)
On the "chin-up sad" tone of one of his new songs on his upcoming album "Continuum"
“Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.”
Source: South of the Border, West of the Sun
“In our kind of world, to rely upon anarchy and inaction, is to turn the reigns over to violence.”
The Personality of Jesus (1932)
Context: Unless effective non-violent means of coercion can be devised and utilized, the victims of injustice will, in blindness and desperation, take up weapons of violence. In our kind of world, to rely upon anarchy and inaction, is to turn the reigns over to violence.
“That was funny, yet sad. Kind of like getting tit-fucked by a clown.”
"Captain Miserable"
