“But if a person has never experienced true despair, she grows old never knowing how to evaluate where she is in life;… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Shall I, wasting in despair,Die because a woman's fair?Or make pale my cheeks with care,'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer than the… — George Wither Copy Share Image
“To conceive the horror of my sensations is, I presume, utterly impossible; yet a curiosity to penetrate the mysteries of these awful… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
'The Voice' has lots of singers who fit the 'Idol' mold of young, innocent ingenues with psycho stage moms. But it also… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
What baffles me is the comfort people find in the idea that somebody dealt this mess. Blind and meaningless chance seems to… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“There is a vast melancholy in the canticles of the wolves, melancholy infinite as the forest, endless as these long nights of… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
No long-term marriage is made easily, and there have been times when I've been so angry or so hurt that I thought… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
“Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/police officers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens? Why do cops kill? Are… — Obiora Embry Copy Share Image
Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
Poetry has its uses for despair. It can carve a shape in which a pain can seem to be; it can give… — Christian Wiman 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
The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Every emotion, from despair all of the way up to ecstasy; from complete Connection to who-you-really-are, all the way to pinching yourself… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The soul-stirring image of death is no bugbear to the sage, and is looked on without despair by the pious. It teaches… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Even when our life is most difficult, it is important to remember that something within us is keeping us alive- the life… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
“Life is a constant flux of ups and downs A chain of happy smiles and edgy frowns Just know that the purpose… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make… — Bono Copy Share Image
Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a world characterized by loneliness and despair, we can reach out in love to those around us. Or, as St. Francis… — Phil Callaway Copy Share Image
In strange and uncertain times such as those we are living in, sometimes a reasonable person might despair. But hope is unreasonable… — Robert Fripp Copy Share Image
So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
People aren’t interested in the truth, Dafar. They’re interested in what keeps them safe. They’re interested in being looked after. They’re interested… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Wonder and despair are two sides of a spinning coin. When you open yourself to one, you open yourself to the other.… — Christina Baldwin Copy Share Image
In the valley of suffering, despair and bitterness are brewed. But there also character is made. The valley of suffering is the… — Nicholas Wolterstorff Copy Share Image
The least sin should humble the soul, but certainly the greatest sin should never discourage the soul, much less should it work… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
“Man detaches himself from his surroundings; he feels alone; abandoned, ignorant of everything except that he knows nothing... His first feeling thus… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Let us leave good sense behind like a hideous husk and let us hurl ourselves, like fruit spiced with pride, into the… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Copy Share Image
Defenceless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do not let us despair of the cause of liberty: it is still dear to the hearts of Frenchmen, and we shall… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness.… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
The childlike, gum-chewing naivete, the glamour rooted in despair, the self-admiring carelessness, the perfected otherness, the wispiness, the shadowy, voyeuristic, vaguely sinister… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Do not despair if the answers don't come immediately. Some answers are… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Do not despair, dear heart, but come to the Lord with all your jagged wounds, black bruises, and running sores. He alone… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
