Despair Quote by J.R.R. Tolkien

“He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. (Of Sam)

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“Despair requires hope—some faint flicker of belief that things might change. I have none.”

— Jonathan Harnisch

“Hope is sometimes fleeting, but always precious. Sad to say, when the battle began, most of my companions had no hope at all.”

— T.A. Barron

“When all hope was gone, they heeded the counsels of despair. Had they continued to strive, defying their doom, some unforseen wonder might have…

— Stephen R. Donaldson

“Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.”

— Bethany Griffin

“When we have reached the depths of despair, only then can we look up and see the light of hope.”

— Stephen Richards

“He was a creature of hope. For dreams are hopes, and echoes of hopes. And I am a creature of despair.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Despair wishes their hope diminishes.”

— Sherina Gandia

“Better not, I decided: hope was even more dangerous than despair. What”

— Terry Hayes

“For a while the hobbits continued to talk and think of the past journey and of the perils that lay ahead; but such was…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“After all this time, he had hope, and then hope was gone, and he hates himself for giving in to hope. He, who exists…

— John Connolly