“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”
Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 13
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 467.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious
“People soon get tired of things that aren't boring, but not of what is boring.”
Haruki Murakami book Kafka on the Shore
Source: Kafka on the Shore (2002), Chapter 13
Robert Cormier book The Chocolate War
Source: The Chocolate War (1974), p. 7
Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada
iTunes interview (released June 2, 2007)
2007, 2008
Jack Kerouac book Lonesome Traveler
Lonesome Traveler (1960)
Context: No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy.
“He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.”
Peter Ackroyd book The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde
Page 45.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
“Hard to believe God is always listening, never gets bored.”
John Updike book Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters