Suffering Quote by Charlotte Brontë

“It is right to look our life-accounts bravely in the face now and then, and settle them honestly. And he is a poor self-swindler…

— Charlotte Brontë

“People seem to believe that despair is the same as anguish, but it is not. It's true that despair is surrounded by anguish, but…

— Elizabeth Kostova

Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.

— Statius

“Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.”

— Piper Payne

“it referred to intense mental suffering, deep remorse, extreme anguish, acute sorrow and the like.”

— Don DeLillo

“Despair kills everything, despair is a death without sent.”

— أميرة الشربيني Amira Elsherbiny

“When I read the ghastly lines of tragedy darkly penned into my life, I turn and notice that the pen in my hand is…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Despair is not for the living but for those unable to rise and continue; they are the only souls with a right to it.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph…

— Isaac Mayer Wise

“Despair leads to distress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.

— Dave Barry

“There is silent and long-suffering sorrow to be met with among the peasantry. It withdraws into itself and is still. But there is a…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky