Quote by Jean Lorrain

It is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which turns my blood to ice and makes me cringe in terror.

It is the sheer ugliness and banality of everyday life which

Summary

This quote expresses a profound distaste and fear towards the mundane and ordinary aspects of life. The speaker finds the ugliness and lack of uniqueness in everyday life to be unsettling, causing them to feel a chilling dread. It implies a yearning for something more meaningful and extraordinary, as the speaker finds existing in an unremarkable and uninteresting world to be terrifying.

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Life Reality Horror Terror Ugly Banality

By Jean Lorrain

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