Desperation Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

Desperation can make a person do surprising things.

— Veronica Roth

Desperation is like a spilled drink; even if it's delicious, no one will get near it. Cultivate an aura of glamorous unapproachability.

— Anonymous

Desperation is a millstone. It wears away at the very soul, grinding away pity, kindness, humanity and courage. But sometimes it whets the mind…

— Frances Hardinge

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

— William S. Burroughs

Funk is the unending cycle of life,

— Xenobia Bailey

Desperation precludes reflection. That is one of the reasons why smart people can get involved in very obviously unworkable relationships. Like addiction, that deep,…

— Melissa Febos

“There is a difference between desire and desperation.”

— Tyra Banks

When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen because he does not wish it, and that…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Funk is the unending cycle of life. It's the ultimate concept—wherever your imagination will take it.

— Xenobia Bailey

When a person feels so trapped and no options, they become desperate and in the middle of desperation.

— Paula White

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.

— Mason Cooley