The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste… — James Alan Gardner Copy Share Image
“Looking on the bright side of life is better than looking on the dark side of despair.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
It is better to pursue a hopeless hope than to give in to black despair. — Isobelle Carmody Copy Share Image
Give me your love. Give me your pain. This is battle and I'm fighting to stay sane. — Marly Copy Share Image
For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life. — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“Despair? I don't despair. I have never once in my life despaired anything. I make a point not to go further than… — Megan Derr Copy Share Image
There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death. — Agathon Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for a reason to be happy or sad, you will always find it.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
When I'm sitting at the desk not being able to write line one, it's silence and despair! It's not so easy to… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
People tend to think I'm funny and fluffy, but I can switch on a sixpence from extreme happiness to utter despair. I'm… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
And I have seen long fingers that would stare With fiery eyes, and then the eyes would crawl Deftly across the counterpane… — Allen Tate Copy Share Image
In The Tale of Despereaux, there is a lot of darkness, a lot of despair. There's also a lot of light, redemption,… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Light and Dark, Perfect Balance, Screaming, Giggling, along the edge of a razor; feet bleeding, blood flowing down each side in equal… — Eric Nickel Copy Share Image
There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is merely the comparison of one state to the other. Only a… — Jreys Copy Share Image
Then we are assured by Sartre that owing to the final disappearance of God our liberty is absolute! At this the entire… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“What I had begun to discover is that, mysteriously and in ways that are totally remote from normal experience, the grey drizzle… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Ivan Ilych saw that he was dying, and he was in continual despair. In the depth of his heart he knew he… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Though life may bring us grief and loss, there is always hope in the night. No matter how deep our sorrows may… — Jonathan Harnisch Copy Share Image
“What was the power that induced strong soldiers to put off their jackets and shirts, and present their hands to be tied… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
“who can tell me that that calmness itself is not DESPAIR?” — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. — John Denham Copy Share Image