"If you grow bored so easily, perhaps it’s from listening to yourself."

"Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores…"

"If sleep is the apogee of physical relaxation, boredom is the apogee of mental relaxation. Boredom is the dream bird …"

"Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?"

"A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom."

"Boredom helps one to make decisions."

"Boredom is always counter-revolutionary. Always."

"Boredom comes simply from ignorance and lack of imagination."

"But her life was as cold as an attic facing north; and boredom, like a silent spider, was weaving its web in the shad…"

"Tedium is the worst pain."