Desperate Quotes

837 Desperate quotes by 688 unique authors

He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday. — S E Hinton
The books weren't exactly Linnet's general reading fare, but a desperate woman will read anything. — Eloisa James
She stays in the same spot, anchored by the profound, desperate loneliness of a bad relationship. — David Levithan
But a desperate heart will seduce the mind. — Mitch Albom
All men and women are connected by an energy which we call love, but which is, in fact, the raw material from which the universe… — Paulo Coelho
I preferred to hang out with the dead, dying, or desperate books - used we call them, in a way that we'd never call a… — David Levithan
Between the probable and proved there yawns A gap. Afraid to jump, we stand absurd, Then see behind us sink the ground and, worse, Our… — Sheldon Vanauken
Feeling lost, crazy and desperate belongs to a good life as much as optimism, certainty and reason. — Alain de Botton
Throughout it all, I loved her as much as I always had, and I found myself aching for those simpler times of the past. I… — Nicholas Sparks
...and she felt the words come from some iron place within her that hadn't existed an hour ago. She didn't speak loudly, but there was… — Laini Taylor
There are those individuals who die for a cause, and we say they have made the ultimate sacrifice. We call them martyrs, and we never doubt… — Ilsa J. Bick
The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. It was natural that, bereft and desperate as I was, in the throes… — Yann Martel
It had been three weeks, four days and twelve hours since I'd seen her. Since she'd torn my heart out. If I had been drinking,… — Abbi Glines
I think humans have always been desperate. I think it has always been about doing something awful if it might help, when the only other… — Lauren DeStefano
I stared into Jared's eyes, and the strangest thing happened. All the melting and melding I had just been through was shoved aside, into the… — Stephenie Meyer
Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the… — Jodi Picoult
Until that moment she had never thought she could do it. Never thought she would be brave enough or scared enough, or desperate enough to… — Neil Gaiman
There are some sights that, once seen, can never be unseen. They replay themselves on a loop in your mind’s home-theatre system with Dolby surround… — Kevin Hearne
It's always hard to remember love - years pass and you say to yourself, Was I really in love, or was I just kidding myself?… — Nora Ephron
Years later Magnus would return to London and Camille Belcourt's side, and find it not all that he had dreamed. Years later another desperate Herondale… — Cassandra Clare
Dear Heavenly Father, I have a friend who stands as close as a brother, a brave soul. I have seen in him the heart of… — Bryan Davis
And then there were the wallflowers who had recognized for years that the thing was hopeless, who had found in that information a kind of… — Renata Adler
It was the price of survival. The cost of his people's last, desperate gamble: To rid his new home of humanity, he had to become… — Rick Yancey
He was still dazed, and though she hated to admit it, he was actually rather attractive. If a girl happened to like that square-jaw, bright-blue-eyes,… — Marissa Meyer
Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it. — Tessa Dare

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