Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Safkhet t1_j1ikjdo wrote

I take your Cixin Liu and give you Robert Silverberg:

>"No," Rawlins persisted. He shifted about uneasily on the chair. "Now I'm going to say something that will really hurt you, Dick. I'm sorry, but I have to. What you're telling me is the kind of stuff I heard in college. Sophomore cynicism. The world is despicable, you say. Evil, evil, evil. You've seen the true nature of mankind, and you don't want to have anything to do with mankind ever again. Everybody talks that way at eighteen. But it's a phase that passes. We get over the confusions of being eighteen, and we see that the world is a pretty decent place, that people try to do their best, that we're imperfect but not loathsome—"

>"An eighteen-year-old has no right to those opinions. I do. I come by my hatreds the hard way."

>"But why cling to them? You seem to be glorying in your own misery. Break loose! Shake it off! Come back to Earth with us and forget the past. Or at least forgive."

282

DeedTheInky t1_j1jcbw0 wrote

I'll raise you an Ursula K. Le Guin:

> Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

240

plusharmadillo t1_j1jlb9q wrote

My hero! This quote has gotten me through some very dark times.

28

RobleViejo OP t1_j1ili40 wrote

What book is that? Gotta read it asap. Thanks.

37

Agent_023 t1_j1it1el wrote

Hey OP just to say, yout willingness to try and better your worldview is a proof of the strengt of the human soul and of the fact that there will allways be hope for humanity. We try, we stubble, we fail, we get back on our feets and try again, allways trying to be at least a little better.

Have a nice day OP or anyone reading. Don't give up.

83

RobleViejo OP t1_j1j3xtf wrote

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

Im still not 100% a nihilist otherwise I wouldn't had even posted this. I still have some hope left. If not for humanity, then for the Earth.

31

NightlyMuses t1_j1k7l8c wrote

Sometimes I feel bogged down in a cloud of sadness - someone always comes by, heaven-sent to give me a taste of hope and togetherness like your kind stranger above :) take care people!

10

LorenzoApophis t1_j1j3nsu wrote

Then read Schopenhauer, Ligotti and The Uninhabitable Earth.

10

Fun_Story2003 t1_j1lrfl9 wrote

>Schopenhauer

idk which book i started reading off with, but it was along the lines of who tf am i just listen to ur voice, made an impression at the time, lmao

3

Level3Kobold t1_j1lhmqe wrote

Scientists: we are destroying our future as a species, massacring the planet's biodiversity, and dooming future generations because we refuse to prioritize anything over our short term financial gains

Your Silverburg quote: lol grow up kid, only teenagers think society is bad

3

CrawlTowardsBabylon t1_j1jkc9l wrote

"Pretend not to know the things you know. Why can't you just be happy?"

You should manage corporate social media accounts. You have the ideological spine for it.

−16

Safkhet t1_j1jriby wrote

> You should manage corporate social media accounts. You have the ideological spine for it.

In a game of random literary quotes, you have somehow determined my ideological make up. What an odd logic you have.

20