Pessimisms: Famous (and Not So Famous) Observations, Quotations, Thoughts, and Ruminations on What to Expect When You're Expecting

by Eric Marcus

Book Overview

Bad things happen to everyone, and this collection provides just the right dose of irreverence to help you laugh at life and all its nasty surprises. Inspired by the author's profoundly pessimistic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593150008
• ISBN13: 9781593150006
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: CDS Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

IF YOU READ THIS ,IT MAY COST YOU

Because you will buy the book.Which is good,unless you lose your glasses or get a sty and cant read it.Or you laugh so loud when you read it that you embarass yourself.Or you forget it on a seat somewhere and waste a lot of time searching for it.Oh ,the book. ... TOO SHORT.OFTEN FUNNY. PEARLS OF WISDOM.THE BEST OF ITS KIND I HAVE SEEN.

This is the Bartlett's for the new cyncial world!

I really enjoyed this book. It is a little book with pessimistic quotations, but ultimately, you laugh and feel better about life based on the comparative doom in the cynicism. It's a great gift for any occasion, and with inspiration from his Grandma Ethel, may be a great Mother's Day present. Just make sure you tell her you TRULY love her.

Charming, witty, and the perfect antidote to the news

The author, Eric Marcus, has does a great service with this. I loved the selections, and I really enjoyed his stories about his Aunt Ethel. Despite the title, these are not really pessimistic quotes. Most all the authors get the message across that life may not be easy, but we move on and get through it. Optimism via faux pessimism? Could be. This is one I really enjoyed.

Very Clever & very timely!

I am a fan of quotation books, and this is as good as any I have ever come across. Pessimisms is a great title for it. The quotations, though, could be collected under "realisms", I think.It must be true about writers that they are at their best when their view is less sunny, not so cheerful. This collection is amusing, thoughtful, and makes a great gift. Marcus does a nice job of weaving in his personal story with the quotations. And, the book is nicely done for an inexpensive edition. A winner all the way around.