And moreover my mother told me as a boy (repeatingly), Ever to confess you're bored means you have no Inner Resources. I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored.
Source: The Dreamsongs, no. 14, 1969.
-- John Berryman, (Oct 25 1914-1972), US poet, writer, educator; His is noted for his almost agonizing self-revealing poetry; known especially for his long poem Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, 1956;