“The world seemed cruel and boring, and I'm not sure which was worse.”

“What if it's boring… or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.”

“Is it worse to be scared than to be bored, that is the question.”

“It was life, often unsatisfying, frequently cruel, usually boring, sometimes beautiful, once in a while exhilarating.”

“When people impute special vices to the Christian Church, they seem entirely to forget that the world (which is the only other thing there is) has these vices much more. The Church has been cruel; but the world has been much more cruel. The Church has plotted; but the world has plotted much more. The Church has been superstitious; but it has never been so superstitious as the world is when left to itself.”

“I'm pretty boring really.”

“I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.”

“Some get a kick from cocaine.
I'm sure that if
I took even one sniff
That would bore me terrifically, too,
Yet, I get a kick out of you.”

“I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.”

“I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.”