Daria Morgendorffer

"I would prefer to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open my mouth and remove all doubt."

"Jodie's in gifted, but she doesn't know if she wants to be or not."

"I don't have low self-esteem. I have low esteem for everyone else."

"The only reason I'm going to school is because it's mandatory."

"Fashion is important. It's just not important to me."

"I'm not upset. I'm just experiencing a personal moment."

"People are stupid. I'm not saying I'm not people."

"My name is Daria. I'm dead inside."

"I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of him."

"The only difference between me and my mom is that she gets paid."

"I've decided to focus on what I can change: absolutely nothing."

"Conformity is the refuge of the unimaginative."

"I'm trying to raise my grades, which is a challenge considering I actually care about education."

"Most people have a hard time being themselves. I'm no exception."

"If people want to believe I'm a cold, calculating robot, that's fine with me."

"I would like to think that there's a point to all this suffering."

"The key to a fulfilling life is low expectations."

"Trite expressions are trite for a reason."

"I try not to expect too much from life, that way I'm rarely disappointed."

"I don't want to achieve anything. I just want to die before I get old."

"People aren't really that bad once you get to know them. Actually, they're exactly as bad as you thought."

"I'm not insane, I'm just not well."

"Authority is power with limits."

"The problem is that everyone thinks they're right."

"I find that people are usually more complicated than they appear."

"Money is just a means to avoid dealing with people."

"I have this theory that if we're willing to waste our time on stupid things, we're allowed to do smart things sometimes."

"Work is a four-letter word."

"I try not to judge people. I just observe them critically."

"Patience is for people who don't have anything better to do."