“Let the darkness transform into rock across the wilderness of my memory” — Xiaobo Liu Copy Share Image
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“Hope, that palliative of every human suffering: in desperation, we cling to the flimsiest of straws.” — Cyrus Mistry Copy Share Image
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When a person feels so trapped and no options, they become desperate and in the middle of desperation. — Paula White Copy Share Image
“When our embarrassment level is exceeded by our desperation level, we are a good candidate for God's grace.” — Peter Lord Copy Share Image
When a film is successful, you don't need to shout about it from the rooftops. I don't believe in going into overdrive.… — Emraan Hashmi Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton championed discriminatory laws against formerly incarcerated people that have kept millions of Americans locked in a cycle of poverty and… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
My father has been a voice of encouragement in times of desperation for so many people. But he died when I was… — Damian Marley Copy Share Image
You cry out in your sleep - all my failings expose. There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes holdJust that… — Ian Curtis Copy Share Image
I'm not someone who feels that unless I am anxious or depressed, there will be no creative drive. My greatest desire in… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
“silent desperation of everything they never said - gaps and absences in every conversation, the past circumscribing the present, the future hemming… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“Please,' I say to the dirt floor of the brugh, to the earth itself. 'I will do whatever you want. I will… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
You're getting like an attitude. What you get put through for just wanting something more out of life. Makes you vulnerable. Inside,… — Sandra Newman Copy Share Image
In a typical desperation for quick answers, easily understood, people had turned to primitive worship as the solution. With less than success.… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
The Democrats current crudeness is a function of their desperation, and the imminent ratification of Howard Dean, the least charming presidential candidate… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
One solitary God-centered, God-intoxicated man can do more to keep God's love alive and His presence felt in the world than a… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
I've definitely had my hard partying moments. I've definitely had the long stretches of time in my personal life where I've felt… — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
“These last few months Vida had started believing in all kinds of strange things she'd have laughed at when we lived back… — Judith Clarke Copy Share Image
“Your eye will no longer linger on the light, it will no longer trace constellations. You'll care only about the darkness and… — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“Sophie.” He said her name softly. If her life depended on it, she could not have looked anywhere but into the flat,… — Carolyn Jewel Copy Share Image
“Just then Carter burst through the door of my room. His hair was wild and he had a frantic look in his… — Adriane Leigh Copy Share Image
Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so that I… — Gary Haugen 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
People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Down the Woodstock Road towards them an elderly, abnormally thin man was pedalling, his thin white hair streaming in the wind and… — Edmund Crispin Copy Share Image
“Tina dropped her eyes. She hated this feeling. She wished she could tell the woman that her life hadn’t always been governed… — Nicole Trope Copy Share Image
Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks.… — Jennifer James Copy Share Image
