Quote by Victor Hugo Download Open image ““CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR”” — Victor Hugo ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“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
“The specific character of despair is precisely this: it is unaware of being despair.” — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
This book, conceived in sorrow, composed in grief, and constructed at the brink of despair, contains my mind's best thoughts, and my soul's triumph… — Isaac Mayer Wise 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
“Despair is not for the living but for those unable to rise and continue; they are the only souls with a right to it.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I think the word despair is much too small to encompass the magnitude of all it defines. For me, right then, despair meant that… — Shana Abe Copy Share Image
“In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky 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
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
“Sadly...despair is with humanity and will affect all of us sooner or later. To accomplish the great things we were put on this earth… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position...” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
“There is still a certain grace in a dead festival. It has been happy.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“First I loved women, then animals, and now I love stones. They're just as amusing as women and animals and they're much less trecherous.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Nature is pitiless; she never withdraws her flowers, her music, her fragrance, and her sunlight from before human cruelty or suffering. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the small ones. And when you have finished your daily task, go to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“For love is like a tree; it grows of itself; it send its roots deep into our being, and often continues to grow green… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Blacheville smiles with the self-satisfied smugness of a man whose vanity is tickled” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Loving in ignorance, she loved with all the more passion. She did not know whether it was good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
