“According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.”
Source: The Nimrod Flipout: Stories
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Etgar Keret9
Israeli and polish writer and screenwriter 1967Related quotes
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