Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

To be thoroughly conversant with Man’s heart, is to take our final lesson in the iron-clasped volume of Despair — Edgar Allan Poe
My love is of a birth as rare As 'tis, for object, strange and high; It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility. — Andrew Marvell
In that one slight motion, I see the end of hope, beginning of destruction of everything I hold dear in the world. I can't guess… — Suzanne Collins
The entire range of human experience is present in a church choir, including, but not restricted to jealousy, revenge, horror, pride, incompetence (the tenors have… — Connie Willis
When writing goes painfully, when it’s hideously difficult, and one feels real despair (ah, the despair, silly as it is, is real!)–then naturally one ought… — Joyce Carol Oates
The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
I have learned two lessons in my life: first, there are no sufficient literary, psychological, or historical answers to human tragedy, only moral ones. Second,… — Elie Wiesel
There comes a time when the cup of endurance runs over, and men are no longer willing to be plunged into the abyss of despair. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The small seed of despair cracks open and sends experimental tendrils upward to the fragile skin of calm holding him together. — Judith Guest
Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair… — John Calvin
A friend came to visit James Joyce one day and found the great man sprawled across his writing desk in a posture of utter despair.… — Stephen King
. . . maybe that's what life's all about: there's a lof of despair, but also the odd moments of beauty, where time is no… — Muriel Barbery
He thought that it was loneliness which he was trying to escape and not himself. But the street ran on: catlike, one place was the… — William Faulkner
After a while, though, even the deepest sorrow faltered, even the most penetrating despair lost its scalpel edge. — Richard Matheson
It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter. — Madeleine L'Engle
But he hated to be sober. It made him conscious of the people around him, of that air of struggle, of greedy ambition, of hope… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
At the time, I didn't have the insight to wonder at the transient nature of despair, but now that I'm older I've seen how little… — Meg Rosoff
In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In… — Michael Jackson
We have to heal our wounded world. The chaos, despair, and senseless destruction we see today are a result of the alienation that people feel… — Michael Jackson
Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the… — Blaise Pascal
It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate himself from the… — Soren Kierkegaard
I tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my… — Bill Bryson
He who hears the rippling of rivers in these degenerate days will not utterly despair. — Henry David Thoreau
I am of the opinion, and even more so the older I get, that it is more difficult to have hope than it is to… — Colum McCann
It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair is… — Daniel Handler

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