Ennui
He was used to this anticlimactic feeling, where by the time you’ve done all the work to get something you don’t even want it anymore. He had it all the time.
Lev Grossman • The Magicians
His inconsistency. His inability to finish anything. His sudden terrifying feelings that nothing he did mattered. His realizations that what went on in the outside world had more substance than anything in his life.
Lydia Davis • The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
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