Desolate Quotes

103 quotes by 88 authors

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It's funny. When we were alive we spent much of our time staring up at the cosmos and wondering what was out there. We were… — Jon Stewart
He was swept with a sadness, a sadness deep and penetrating, leaving him desolate like someone washed up on a beach, a lone survivor in… — Robert Cormier
Come! Poor little heart! Be cheery and brave. We'll be a great deal to one another, if we are thrown off and left desolate. — Elizabeth Gaskell
The sky was different, without color, taut and unforgiving. But the water was the most unforgiving thing, nearly black at times, cold enough, I knew,… — Jhumpa Lahiri
At last the cold crept up my spine; at last it filled me from foot to head; at last I grew so chill and desolate… — David James Duncan
You didn't want to die. Most mortals don't, even if they find themselves in as desolate and soul-destroying a spot as you. Almost all of… — Darren Shan
Mayfield said, "You asked what I was thinking. Well, I will tell you. I was thinking that a man like myself, after suffering such a… — Patrick deWitt
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And… — Edgar Allan Poe
From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone elseâ€™s. She read books at… — Sebastian Faulks
One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and… — Viktor E. Frankl
Nevertheless so profound is our ignorance, and so high our presumption, that we marvel when we hear of the extinction of an organic being; and… — Charles Darwin
Memories begin to creep forward from hidden corners of your mind. Passing disappointments. Lost chances and lost causes. Heartbreaks and pain and desolate, horrible loneliness.… — Erin Morgenstern
One problem with people is that as soon as they fill a space it's them you see and not the space. Large, desolate landscapes stop… — Erlend Loe
He stared dully at the desolate, cold road and the pale, dead night. Nothing was colder or more dead than his heart. He had loved… — Gaston Leroux
I had no answer to those questions, only hope. With absolutely no one to turn to, no Mikey, no Axe, no Danny, I have to… — Marcus Luttrell
If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We live in an era where masses of people come and go across a hostile planet, desolate and violent. Refugees, emigrants, exiles, deportees. We are… — Isabel Allende
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. — George Eliot
For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate. — Shane Koyczan

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