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Joshua Ferris quotes: It is really irritating to work with irritating people

It is really irritating to work with irritating people

Joshua Ferris quotes: We had any number of clocks surrounding us, and every one of them at one time or another exhibited a lively sense of humor.

We had any number of clocks surrounding us, and every one of them at one time or another exhibited a lively sense of humor.

Joshua Ferris quotes: A dentist is only half the doctor he claims to be,

A dentist is only half the doctor he claims to be,

Joshua Ferris quotes: We had these sudden revelations that employment, the daily nine-to-five, was driving us far from our better selves.

We had these sudden revelations that employment, the daily nine-to-five, was driving us far from our better selves.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Freedom of religion in America is all fine and good until you start believing in nothing, and then it is a crime to be punished.' " "Is

Freedom of religion in America is all fine and good until you start believing in nothing, and then it is a crime to be punished.' " "Is

Joshua Ferris quotes: Some people would never forget certain people, a few people would remember everyone, and most of us would mostly be forgotten.

Some people would never forget certain people, a few people would remember everyone, and most of us would mostly be forgotten.

Joshua Ferris quotes: I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.

I know what to do with my life. I just don't know what to do with this one night.

Joshua Ferris quotes: For all our penny-wisdom,'" he said, "'for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts.

For all our penny-wisdom,'" he said, "'for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts.

Joshua Ferris quotes: I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.

I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.

Joshua Ferris quotes: The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.

The main questions of everyday life are too enormous to answer in any definitive sense.

Joshua Ferris quotes: We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

We had the great good fortune and shortcomings of character that marked every generation that had never seen war.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Night of limitless possibility expired, of a life forfeited, of a foreclosed

Night of limitless possibility expired, of a life forfeited, of a foreclosed

Joshua Ferris quotes: I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Everything was always something, but something - and here was the rub - could never be everything.

Everything was always something, but something - and here was the rub - could never be everything.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

Joshua Ferris quotes: To conform is to lose your soul

To conform is to lose your soul

Joshua Ferris quotes: All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else's poor decision making.

All broken hearts are circumstantial. Every lovelorn jerk is the victim of bad timing, good intentions, and someone else's poor decision making.

$Joshua Ferris quotes: We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen.$ We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen.

Joshua Ferris quotes: But I did like looking at her. It was harder now, knowing all the ways she sucked, but she was still gorgeous.

But I did like looking at her. It was harder now, knowing all the ways she sucked, but she was still gorgeous.

Joshua Ferris quotes: They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing to penetrate, failing to breathe the other's air.

They were like two inviolable spheres touching at a fine point in their curves, touching but failing to penetrate, failing to breathe the other's air.

Joshua Ferris quotes: It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns.

It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Of course I alienate myself from society. It's the only way I know of not being constantly reminded of all the ways I'm alienated from society.

Of course I alienate myself from society. It's the only way I know of not being constantly reminded of all the ways I'm alienated from society.

Joshua Ferris quotes: A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.

A multifaceted writer, very easy on the surface to pin down but incredibly difficult once you actually read him with any depth.

Joshua Ferris quotes: I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer.

I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer.

Joshua Ferris quotes: What separated the living from one another could be as impenetrable as whatever barrier separated the living from the dead.

What separated the living from one another could be as impenetrable as whatever barrier separated the living from the dead.

Joshua Ferris quotes: Because of God, even the imperious ballbreakers, moralizing windbags, and meddling assholes may know love.

Because of God, even the imperious ballbreakers, moralizing windbags, and meddling assholes may know love.

Joshua Ferris quotes: The connected get more connected while the disconnected get more disconnected.

The connected get more connected while the disconnected get more disconnected.

Joshua Ferris quotes: This is really what you want? To live with a poet?" "Yes," she said. "With the hot plate? And the lice?

This is really what you want? To live with a poet?" "Yes," she said. "With the hot plate? And the lice?

Joshua Ferris quotes: One thing we knew for certain- despite all our certainties, it was very difficult to guess what one individual was thinking at any given moment.

One thing we knew for certain- despite all our certainties, it was very difficult to guess what one individual was thinking at any given moment.