Despair

Famous quotes containing the word despair:

“Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.”
—Edmond De Goncourt (1822–1896)

“No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing.”
—Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936)

“What would it mean to live
in a city whose people were changing
each other’s despair into hope?—
You yourself must change it.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)