Would you rather see the glass half empty than half full? Are you unable to look at life on the bright side? If you answered yes to these two questions, you are more than obviously a pessimist, and the "motivational" thoughts from the sequel are therefore perfect for you and your bedroom wall.
"Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose a shoe in the middle of the night, you're just drunk." is just one of "motivational" thoughts for pessimists. While optimists will disagree with them, they will be music to pessimists' ears.
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Otherwise, in society we need both optimists and pessimists, because the first will invent the airplane and the second the parachute.