Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

His air of failure had nothing desperate about it; rather, it seemed to stem from an unresented realisation that he was not cut out for… — Julian Barnes
A man who wants to die feels angry and full of life and desperate and bored and exhausted, all at the same time; he wants… — Nick Hornby
We all spend so much time not saying what we want, because we know we can't have it. And because it sounds ungracious, or ungrateful,… — Nick Hornby
Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each… — Derek Walcott
I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that… — Edgar Allan Poe
Night poured over the desert. It came suddenly, in purple. In the clear air, the stars drilled down out of the sky, reminding any thoughtful… — Terry Pratchett
The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach: The Ogre cannot master speech. About a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
You have not wasted your time; you have helped to save the world. We are not buffoons, but very desperate men at war with a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who would leap into… — Anais Nin
How does it feel? I feels exactly like one of those dreams in which you suddenly realize that you have to take a test you… — Audrey Niffenegger
The term itself--my life--is a desperate overstatement. — Don DeLillo
When you're in a competitive environment, always give out the impression that you don't care. It makes people want you more. If you act desperate,… — Diablo Cody
I didn't know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love. It's huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong.… — Jeanette Winterson
With the arrival of electric technology, man has extended, or set outside himself, a live model of the central nervous system itself. To the degree… — Marshall McLuhan
Love After Love all your life, whom you have ignored for another, who knows you by heart. Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,… — Derek Walcott
The Hallows, the Hallows. A desperate manâ€™s dream! — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Remember; no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never time wasted. — Max Brooks
You know, there's a big world out there filled with desperate orphans who would gladly swim across an ocean of thumbtacks just to be eclipsed… — Daniel Handler
Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism which here means "sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order to create a… — Daniel Handler
Inside me is the same desperate hope I have watching the ravenous dead and thinking, Oh please, oh please, oh please. The craving inside of… — Chuck Palahniuk

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