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1 " The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. "
― Criss Jami , Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
2 " One shouldn't be labelled a cynic just because one refuses to believe in fairy tales. "
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3 " It is good to be a cynic — it is better to be a contented cat — and it is best not to exist at all. "
― H.P. Lovecraft , Collected Essays 5: Philosophy, Autobiography and Miscellany
4 " Scratch a cynic and you will find a disappointed romantic. "
― Christopher Moore , The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Pine Cove, #2)
5 " That was the splendid thing about life: Though it was cruel, it was also mysterious, filled with wonder and surprise; sometimes the surprises were so amazing that they qualified as miraculous, and by witnessing those miracles, a despondent person could discover a reason to live, a cynic could obtain unexpected relief from ennui, and a profoundly wounded boy could find the will to heal himself and medicine for melancholy. "
― Dean Koontz , Lightning
