“Could one die from boredom, she wondered? From complete, oppressive, crushing, unmitigated boredom, the likes of which made all other boredom seem like ecstasy’s sweet thrilling embrace? And in such a case, if one happened to have a life insurance policy, would it pay?”

“The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror. Sometimes your life is a pendulum swing from one to the other.”

“The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.”

“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.”

“Patience and boredom are closely related. Boredom, a certain kind of boredom, is really impatience. You don't like the way things are, they aren't interesting enough for you, so you deccide- and boredom is a decision-that you are bored.”

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom”

“It seems to me that all of the evil in life comes from idleness, boredom, and psychic emptiness, but all of that is inevitable when you become accustomed to living at others’ expense.”

“Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.”

“I have the impression that if he didn't complicate his life so needlessly, he would die of boredom.”