“He looks forlornly ahead of him, gazing at the road but looking at nothing in particular. The whole world is one big… — Sam Hunter Copy Share Image
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't — not because… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
The one who confidently looks forward to an eternal reward for his efforts in mortality is constantly sustained through his deepest trials.… — Harold B. Lee Copy Share Image
From the girl who sat before me now...surged a fresh and physical life force. She was like a small animal that has… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Odasaku," Dazai said softly. "Forgive me for the absurd wording, but—don't go. Find something to rely on. Expect good things to happen… — Kafka Asagiri Copy Share Image
“In one of his darker moments, the irony started him laughing and he couldn't stop, and the sounds that came from him,… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
Peace can never be achieved by violence or aggression. Peace only happens when disparity is gone. When fear is driven out, and… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistance. In this context, the two words… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
As we have said, robust souls are sometimes almost, but not entirely, overthrown by strokes of misfortune....Despair has steps leading upward. From… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is the absence of hope, which equals the despair that is the punishment. — James Fox Copy Share Image
The happiest youth, viewing his progress through, What perils past, what crosses to ensue, Would shut the book, and sit him down… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about. — Robert Helpmann Copy Share Image
Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction and plunging many of our brothers and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other. — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
Reviewers, with some rare exceptions, are a most stupid and malignant race. As a bankrupt thief turns thief-taker in despair, so an… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Well, here I am, just come home; a fellow gone to the bad; though I had the best intentions in the world… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Long looking at paintings is equivalent to being dropped into a foreign city, where gradually, out of desire and despair, a few… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
It's like every time I'm standing on the edge, they always find a way to pull me back — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every returning New Yorker asks the question: Is this still my city? I have a ready answer, cloaked in obstinate despair: It… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I was in Mexico City. It's a very pleasant city in many ways. It's vibrant, lively, pretty exciting society, but also depressing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Once the ego is not there, there is no expectation, frustration, no desire, no despair. Suddenly one finds oneself falling into a… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
