Arthur Rimbaud quote or not?

Question

I once heard someone quote a poet, something to the effect of "The truly horrible thing about life is that there's nothing horrible about it". I'm paraphrasing (and not very well). Then I heard Rimbaud once said something similiar. Was it him? And if so, what was the exact quote?

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The exact quote is as follows: "The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable."

It's been attributed to Rimbaud, but the references that I'm finding for it online imply that it's a line from the 1995 film about him called "Total Eclipse." He may have actually said or written it at some point, or it could be an embellishment on part of the filmmakers. It would be hard to find out with out consulting one of his biographers or one of the filmmakers.

Source(s):

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Arthur_Rimb…
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114702/

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Thank you so much! This has been bugging me for a while now. Thanks again.