Alexandra Petri Quotes

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.

We will not take care. We do not give a damn.

There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.

Famously, there's not really anywhere to go after nihilism. It's not progressing toward anything, it's a statement of outrage, however brilliant.

Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care.

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.

... the fires of neglect.

I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway.

It was not the thought that I was so unloved that froze me. I had taught myself to do without love. It was not the thought that God was cruel that froze me. I had taught myself never to expect anything from Him. What froze me was the fact that I had absolutely no reason to move in any direction. What had made me move through so many dead and pointless years was curiosity. Now even that had flickered out.

Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles.

No one's noticed. So much is destroyed, we can't be bothered.

(Beth) "I don't care anymore." I turned my face up toward Heaven. "That's not my home anymore. You are.

In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I can't guess what form my punishment will take, how wide the net will be cast, but when it is finished there most likely be nothing left. So you would think that at this moment, I would be in utter despair.

In a world that's ugly and a lie, it's hard to even want to try.

I've given up reading the papers. Since the world's so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back and let it.

People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone.

What's one more meaningless act of violence on that zoo of a planet? It would be appropriate. When in Rome; burn it.

In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair...the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.

I have a sort of empty feeling; nothing in the world seems of sufficient importance to be worth the doing.

Everything means nothing to me

I suspect there will never be a requiem for a dream, simply because it will destroy us before we have the opportunity to mourn it's passing.

I don't care where I'm from, nor where I'm going. From hell to hell.

How do you get up in the morning? Another wasted life it's so boring The system never failed you You failed yourself and all of your friends Now your heart is failing too A total system failure they pronounce you