And the reason that she did not falter and fail in this…

“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely?”

— Rachel Abbott

“Men circle like bees around honey, buzzing to communicate their sexual despair.”

— Carla H Krueger

I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast…

— Roger Ross Williams

Your spirit is the part of you that seeks meaning and purpose. It's the part drawn to hope, that will not give in to…

— Caroline Myss

My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and bleed, controls…

— Charlotte Bronte

The modernist writers found despair inspirational.

— Mason Cooley

The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings.

— Henry Vaughan

“A fine setting for a fit of despair,” it occurred to him, “if I were only standing here by accident instead of design.”

— Franz Kafka

Enough for this bow & arrow. It caused me nothing but sorrow. No need for another tomorrow. In your heart, I will never be…

— Louaiq8

True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.

— John Ortberg

Do not consider despair as a thick and high wall standing on your way; it is just a darkness and you can still walk…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a…

— Graham Greene

A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.

— Edmund Burke

I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,…

— John Steinbeck