Inspiring Literary Ideas and the Hedgehog

I'm currently reading:
1) The Girl that Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2) The Elegance of the Hedgehog
3) Three or four other books

Barbery writes in The Elegance of  the Hedgehog that, "no one seems to have thought of the fact that if life is absurd, being a brilliant success has no greater value than being a failure.  It's just more comfortable.  And even then: I think lucidity gives your success a bitter taste, whereas  mediocrity still leaves hope for something."

I find that highly interesting.  Just thought you'd want to know.