despair Quotes

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state.

I don't know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.

Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

Of the big horror movies of the '70s, you have 'The Omen,' 'The Sentinel,' 'Rosemary's Baby,' 'The Stepford Wives,' 'Burnt Offerings' - these are all romantic fatalist movies where there's a sort of glimmer of hope... but darkness wins.

If you start in the pit of despair with these profane, awful things, even a glimmer of hope or awareness is going to occur that's much brighter coming from this dark, awful beginning.