Despair Quotes

1642 Despair quotes by 1070 unique authors

It is just dawn, daylight: that gray and lonely suspension filled with the peaceful and tentative waking of birds. The air, inbreathed, is like spring… — William Faulkner
This is the language of the world before—a world of chaos and confusion and happiness and despair—before the blitz turned streets to grids, cities to… — Lauren Oliver
Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed,… — Elif Safak
In tragedy and despair, when an endless night seems to have fallen, hope can be found in the realization taht the companion of night is… — Dean Koontz
We'll choose knowledge no matter what, we'll maim ourselves in the process, we'll stick our hands into the flames for it if necessary. Curiosity is… — Margaret Atwood
The only people out at this hour were ones who couldn't sleep,those haunted by one thing or another:love thwarted, love lost, love thrown away. They… — Alice Hoffman
I think there is hope for you yet, Will Herondale. I will try to learn how to have it, without you to show me. Tessa,… — Cassandra Clare
We are slaves, all of us...Some are slaves to fear. Others are slaves to reason—or base desire. It is our lot to be slaves...and the… — Rick Yancey
Instead of a Dark Lord, you would have a queen, not dark but beautiful and terrible as the dawn! Tempestuous as the sea, and stronger… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I found it hard work now to pray to God, because despair was swallowing me up — John Bunyan
We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away. — Cassandra Clare
Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference… — Aberjhani
It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair. — Chinua Achebe
But what I really long to know you do not tell either: what you feel, although I've given you hints by the score of my… — Gail Carson Levine
To be Despair. It is a portrait. Only close your eyes and feel. — Neil Gaiman
Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom. — Susanna Kaysen
Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations — Rick Riordan
Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, - Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, I must be here… — William Shakespeare
He owned a whole world full of memories, of lovely moments relived and happy recollections. I'm not saying he was happy or that he didn't… — Jorge Amado
There are four things that make a man fight as you just did," the duke explained to Rumbold. "Love, despair, anger, or insanity." Erik counted… — Alethea Kontis
Have you ever longed for someone so much, so deeply that you thought you would die? That your heart would just stop beating? I am… — Tracey Emin
And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune. — Boris Pasternak
You'll get through this. It won't be painless. It won't be quick. But God will use this mess for good. In the meantime don't be… — Max Lucado
The Death Mist is not for helping!" Akhlys shrieked. "It shrouds mortals in misery as their souls pass into the Underworld. It is the very… — Rick Riordan
...a story should be like a roller coaster. That is to say before writing a really cruel scene, I have to lift the people's spirits,… — Ryukishi07

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