Poverty Quote by Genna Rulon

“It wasn’t about gratification, but there was no need that wasn’t met, whether it was physical or something less definable.”

— Stephenie Meyer

“She was grieving the loss of her youth, the closing down of possibilities as life became what it was rather than what it might…

— Kimberley Freeman

“Could fulfillment be felt as deeply as loss.”

— Kiran Desai

“If you retreat in response to desire rather than deprivation, the deprivation may never come.”

— Laurie Helgoe

“Possibility of enjoying life makes death feel terrible.”

— Santosh Kalwar

“Certainly,nothing proceeded according to desire.In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental. Good intentions had miscarried,…

— Joseph Heller

“The last few months were filled with fear and self-pity. I began to contemplate suicide with increasing regularity, yet I was afraid of dying.…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“It wasn’t what I’d characterize as a happy part of my life, living as I was, a balled-up mass of unfulfilled desires. I was…

— Haruki Murakami

“ Did I really want predictability? Did I want a never-ending routine that, while always resulting in pleasure, never altered, never faltered? Was he…

— Jennifer DeLucy

“What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think one is enough? Who could live even a day and not feel the sweet ache…

— Jess Walter

“Suicide may be a choice, but not as much as it is expected when everything else fails.”

— Mark Brightlife

“Sometimes I actually hope that he did once feel empty and hopeless and helpless enough to slash his wrists to the bone, because if…

— Matthew Quick