Pessimistic Quotes

I’ve found some pessimistic quotes which I would like to share. Enjoy.

“That human life must be some kind of mistake
is sufficiently proved by the simple observation
that man is a compound of needs which are hard to satisfy;
that their satisfaction achieves nothing
but a painless condition
in which he is only given over to boredom . . .”
– Arthur Schopenhauer

“Life is like an onion:
you peel off layer after layer
and then you find there is nothing in it.”
– James Gibbons Huneker

“It is possible to live only as long as life intoxicates us;
once we are sober we cannot help seeing
that it is all a delusion,
a stupid delusion.”
– Leo Tolstoy

“You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not
The universe is laughing behind your back.”

“The limit of every pain is an even greater pain.”
– Emile Cioran

“Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer,
since we feel a constant need for them and invent them
because there is no way of doing without them.”
– EMC

“The problem with killing yourself is that one is always too late.”
– Michael Daddino

“Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth. Look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity. Then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.”