Despair Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “The modernist writers found despair inspirational.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Despair Found Inspiration Modernism Writing
The beautiful despair is never fruitless. It keeps you going. Like when I first heard Bob Dylan do 'Things Have Changed,' or any time… — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
“I can just conceive of the pit of despair, the notion of being powerless and the essence of existence through it entirely” — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and salvation, forcing… — Cirilo F. Bautista Copy Share Image
“Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle.” — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“The whole world can be divided into those who write and those who do not write. Those who write represent despair, and those who… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“It's despair at the lack of (I'm cheating, I didn't say all these things - but I'm going to write what I want to… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
Despair makes a despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness and impatience; it argues a defect… — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“She searched her mind for a single day when it had felt good to be alive. There must have been one, surely?” — Rachel Abbott Copy Share Image
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
Your spirit is the part of you that seeks meaning and purpose. It's the part drawn to hope, that will not give in to… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and bleed, controls… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The skin and shell of things Though fair are not Thy wish nor prayer but got My meer despair of wings. — Henry Vaughan Copy Share Image
Enough for this bow & arrow. It caused me nothing but sorrow. No need for another tomorrow. In your heart, I will never be… — Louaiq8 Copy Share Image
True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Do not consider despair as a thick and high wall standing on your way; it is just a darkness and you can still walk… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
I have noticed that there is no dissatisfaction like that of the rich. Feed a man, clothe him, put him in a good house,… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image