Despair Quote by Victor Hugo

The soul does not give itself up to despair until it has exhausted all illusions.

— Victor Hugo

Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too…

— May Sarton

“What does despair mean to someone who interprets that emotion as a chemical reaction in the brain?”

— Mitchell Heisman

But what man does out of despair, is not necessarily a key to his character. I have always thought that the real key is…

— Ayn Rand

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

— Victor Hugo

The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy,…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Of course she had some pathetic illusions about herself or she would not be able to go on living.

— Jean Rhys

“The more you think about illusions, the more they'll swell up and take on form. And no longer be an illusion.”

— Haruki Murakami

“A great magician is not more magical than other magicians; he is just more magical in his presentation.”

— Amit Kalantri

Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

— Anais Nin

“Fear best lends itself to the creation of Nature-defying illusions.”

— H.P. Lovecraft

“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under…

— Charlotte Brontë