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“I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession,—or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world.” Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four
“The drama of marriage is not that it does not guarantee the wife the promised happiness—there is no guarantee of happiness—it is that it mutilates her; it dooms her to repetition and routine.” Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
“With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.” Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else...” Charles Bukowski, Factotum
“It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden
“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui—these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.” David Foster Wallace, The Pale King
“I'll never get used to anything. Anybody that does, they might as well be dead.” Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's
“Tom, I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise

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