Freedom Quote by Zinzi Clemmons

“There is in such situations usually a moment of passion during which the unthinkable is said; this is followed by a sense of euphoria…

— Mohsin Hamid

“It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Out of this sorrowful experience I understand more fully all human strivings, thwarted ambitions, and the infinite capacity of hope.”

— Helen Keller

“In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position...”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Of all the things in the world to be dreaded, despair is the chief. When a man is in the depths of despair, he…

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“Refuge from despair is often found in the passion of self-pity and that spirit of obstinate resistance which it engenders.”

— George Gissing

“But a terror of this nature, as it occupies and expands the mind, and elevates it to high expectation, is purely sublime, and leads…

— Ann Radcliffe

“We stare vacantly into our own future, frightened of all that time confiscates from us. We lament the theft of our beauty, youth, and…

— Shakieb Orgunwall

“Habitually, as we anxiously flee from the responsibility of our existence as a whole, we place our hope in the particular objects and situations…

— Stephen Batchelor

“I lack altogether patience to live. I cannot see the grass grow, but since I cannot I don’t feel at all inclined to. My…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“But it's in despair that you discover the most intense pleasure, especially when you are acutely conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky