Bone marrow Quote by Matt Wagner

Despair ... is like a gas, odourless, tasteless, without nourishment. You breathe it in, your limbs relax, you cease to care, even at the…

— J. M. Coetzee

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

— Andrew Motion

It is almost as if happiness is an acquired taste, like coconut cordial or ceviche, to which you can eventually become accustomed, but despair…

— Anonymous

Despair is sometimes the great energizer of the mind, though sometimes its flowering may be sterile.

— Taylor Caldwell

Despair is as hollow and deceptive as hope!

— Lu Xun

Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.

— Jennifer Egan

Despair is a natural emotion.

— Tim Kaine

Despair can be like an iron band constricting the heart.

— Jürgen Moltmann

I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me it denotes…

— David Foster Wallace

I have almost forgot the taste of fears. The time has been, my senses would have cooled To hear a night-shriek, and my fell…

— William Shakespeare

Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope.

— Austin O'Malley

Despair ruins some, presumption many.

— Benjamin Franklin