Uneventful. Boring. Tedious. All good adjectives to apply to long-haul travel; much better than exciting, unexpected, and abrupt.
Charles "Charlie" Stross (b. 1964) British writer
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
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Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement mixer long after one’s interest in the topic has waned.
Fran Lebowitz (b. 1950) American journalist
Metropolitan Life (1978)
The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner parties they think it is their fault.
Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) German-American diplomat
(Attributed)
Quoted by James Naughtie in The Spectator (1 Apr 1995).
The great consolation of righteousness is never having to worry whether you’re a bore.
James Richardson (b. 1950) American poet
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays, # 85 (2001)
All styles are good, except the tiresome kind.
Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
L’Enfant prodigue, Preface (1736)
We are growing serious, and,
Let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
The Drummer, Act 4, sc. 6 (1716)
