Critical Quote by Victor Hugo

“By degrees, however, they began to hope again. Such are our insubmergable mirages of the soul! There is no distress so complete but that…

— Victor Hugo

Hope, like despair, is something of a distraction: it gets in the way of a clear view of the horizon.

— Paul Kingsnorth

Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.

— Samuel Richardson

“Despair demands less of us, it’s more predictable, and in a sad way safer. Authentic hope requires clarity—seeing the troubles in this world—and imagination,…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Despair leads to distress.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We…

— Anonymous

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

— Haruki Murakami

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

— Gene Tierney

Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times.

— Vaclav Havel

“But hope, I can tell you, is an exhausting emotion; perhaps, along with fear, the most exhausting of all. It is like juggling eggs:…

— Sam Taylor

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

— Stephen Richards