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title: "7 Feel Despair Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-molyneux/if-there-s-more-that-you-can-do-then-do-it-if-there-s-not-more-that/)

[Stefan Molyneux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-molyneux/)

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> [I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-payne/i-don-t-feel-despair-because-i-am-able-to-make-the-films-i-want-to/)

[Alexander Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-payne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/alexander-payne-5223_able_i-don-t-feel-despair-because-i-am-able-t_177708.png)

> [“The air in my home is heavy with my mom's unhappiness. And her exhaustion. And her sheer dissatisfaction with her life. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-buzo/the-air-in-my-home-is-heavy-with-my-mom-s-unhappiness-and-her/)

[Laura Buzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-buzo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/laura-buzo-30060_cursing_the-air-in-my-home-is-heavy-with-my-mom_222532.jpg)

> [Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-krugman/every-once-in-a-while-i-feel-despair-over-the-fate-of-the-planet-if/)

[Paul Krugman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-krugman/)

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> [These terrifying forms which advance on me, I feel that the despair they bring is alive. It slips into this nucleus of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-artaud/these-terrifying-forms-which-advance-on-me-i-feel-that-the-despair/)

[Antonin Artaud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-artaud/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/antonin-artaud-3802_alive_these-terrifying-forms-which-advance-on_811725.png)

> [“When I see those sad, abused and neglected animals on those commercials I feel despair for the human race. Too many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/when-i-see-those-sad-abused-and-neglected-animals-on-those/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/dean-koontz-118_compassion_when-i-see-those-sad-abused-and-neglecte_1189849.jpg)

> [I treated despair in terms of hierarchy: if there was a more important pain in the world, it meant my own was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-grealy/i-treated-despair-in-terms-of-hierarchy-if-there-was-a-more-important/)

[Lucy Grealy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-grealy/)

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