Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism. — Sylvia Plath
But whichever form it took it brought with it, in those moments of bitter anguish, such a desperate surge of hope that it was almost… — Tabitha Suzuma
My mouth opened. It happened. Yes, with my head thrown into the sky, I started howling. Arms stretched out next to me, I howled, and… — Markus Zusak
All I want to say is that when you stop being delusional and start feeling desperate because you're too inept to figure this out on… — Veronica Roth
And so gentlemen, I learned. Oh, if you have to learn, you learn; if you’re desperate for a way out, you learn; you learn pitilessly.… — Franz Kafka
She opened her mouth to answer, but he was already kissing her. She had kissed him so many times—soft gentle kisses, hard and desperate ones,… — Cassandra Clare
Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I figure if it… — Augusten Burroughs
That’s the funny thing about knowing you can’t have something. It makes you desperate. -Leah — Stephenie Meyer
I just want my name back so my life can go back to chaotic and weird instead of chaotic and desperate. — Kim Harrison
He could shred me so easily. A few words, a desperate look, and I was cut wide open. — Sylvia Day
That's all you get," said Alpharius, and split him in half. Alpharius sheathed his gladius, and dragged the sabre out of his torso. He tossed… — Dan Abnett
he asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump off… — Charles Bukowski
America was founded on prayer. Therefore, the removal of prayer from its public life was a central part of its fall from God. A nation… — Jonathan Cahn
Mainly because people were what they were and you couldn't change them. most of the time, they couldn't change themselves, even if they were desperate… — Charles Frazier
This is one more piece of advice I have for you: don't get impatient. Even if things are so tangled up you can't do anything,… — Haruki Murakami
And gradually his memory slipped a little, as memories do, even those with so much love attached to them; as if there is an unconscious… — Colleen McCullough
Desperate, yet no longer alone after that day, because we'd found each other. — Suzanne Collins
Meanwhile music pounded / across hearts opening every valve to the desperate drama of being / a self in a song. — Anne Carson
I just miss you, in a quite simple desperate human way. Oh my dear, I can’t be clever and stand-offish with you: I love you… — Vita Sackville-West
Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another. — Terry Goodkind
And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate lock. Then one… — Anne Sexton
We need books...because we are all, in the private kingdoms of our hearts, desperate for the company of a wise, true friend. — Steve Almond
You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and… — Jeffrey Eugenides
In the oasis complex, the thirsty man images he sees water, palm trees, and shade not because he has evidence for the belief, but because… — Alain de Botton
His version of 'real' love isn't sufficient for me, I don't think anyone should settle for so little. It wasn't love - not in the… — Freya North

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