Daria Morgendorffer

"The problem isn't that I don't understand people. It's that I do."

"Cynicism is just disappointed idealism."

"I'm not being difficult. I'm being honest."

"The world is full of stupid people doing stupid things."

"I've given up trying to find meaning in life."

"Friendship is just a word people use to describe people they haven't murdered yet."

"High school is a warehouse where they keep adolescents until they're old enough to be let out into society."

"I'm not depressed. I'm just more in tune with reality than everyone else."

"The only reason I come to school is because it's illegal not to."

"I find that people are generally disappointing."

"Why does everyone assume that quiet means sad?"

"I would prefer to remain neutral and apathetic."

"My parents think I'm being difficult. I think they're being obtuse."

"The problem with optimism is that it requires ignoring reality."

"I don't do feelings. I do observations."

"Most people live lives of quiet desperation. I prefer loud apathy."

"School is just a place where they teach you to be mediocre."

"I'm not being negative. I'm being realistic."

"Happiness is a state of mind, and mine is a traffic jam."

"I think I've reached the point where I'm numb to disappointment."

"Everyone is terrible in their own special way."

"I've decided to accept the futility of everything."

"Why should I care about what people think when they clearly don't think?"

"I'm not withdrawn. I'm just selectively social."

"The worst part about being intelligent is that you can't turn it off."

"I find human behavior endlessly fascinating and deeply disturbing."

"If I seemed depressed before, I'm sorry. I was just being myself."

"I don't see the point in pretending to be happy when I'm not."

"Most people are like a bad TV show—predictable and ultimately forgettable."

"I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm just trying to be honest."