We are all, whether we know it or not, in search of a way to enrich, to drink during the fizz, to… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
Once a man worries, he clings to anything out of desperation; and once he clings he is bound to get exhausted or… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
“Things are never as they seem. A person. A Mark. A statement. They are always deeper than we perceive, like walking in… — Kelseyleigh Reber Copy Share Image
I started writing lyrics out of desperation. I was broke and wondering where my next job, my next meal was coming from,… — Sheldon Harnick Copy Share Image
“To love, to live, to feel so much that your world keeps spinning, faster and faster, in that wonderful, chaotic mess of… — Sophia Whittemore Copy Share Image
Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
The writing of an assay-type poem or a poem investigating perspective isn't an exercise of rational or strategic mind. Poems for me… — Jane Hirshfield Copy Share Image
Art is always to a large extent about need, despair and hopelessness. — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
Terrorism is a state of mind that on the one hand has to do with ignorance and, on the other hand, can… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
Economic desperation often drives wildlife destruction like poaching or illegal logging. But trade can help create powerful financial incentives for communities to… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it:… — John Welwood Copy Share Image
On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
For most Black people there is still poverty and desperation. The Ghettos still exist, and the proportion of Blacks in prison is… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Neil once told me you had to become a monster so that you didn't become the victim of one instead. I don't… — Shirley Marr Copy Share Image
Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. When their bodies… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I deplore the horrible crime as child murder....no matter what the motive, love of ease, or desire to save from suffering the… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
“How horrible to think what we may wish for, lay in anguish for, may be within our reach but we are unable… — D. Morgenstern Copy Share Image
You can ask the people around me. I don't give up. I don't give up... and it's not out of frustration and… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Though my natural instinct is to wish for a life free from pain, trouble, and adversity, I am learning to welcome anything… — Nancy Leigh DeMoss Copy Share Image
I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive a death sentence. They… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Art is a spirit and soul thing. Anything else is mere desperation.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
People only get married when they've no other option, out of panic or desperation or so as not to lose someone they… — Javier Marías Copy Share Image
I had NO interest in being a theologian, especially not a Christian, as I had been raised by progressive atheists. We bowed… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
