#despair

George was full of hatred. Of his own weakness and stupidity, of his magic, of the stubbornness and the pride of Beatrice and Marit, and, last of all, hatred of Dr. Gharn, who had started it all. But the hatred swayed to pity. Then to hopelessness. Then back to anger. Every once in a great while, he felt a moment of peace, usually when he caught a glimpse of Beatrice and Marit together. He loved them both in different ways. But that could not be. He turned away, and the cycle began again. ↗

— Mette Ivie Harrison

#conflicting-emotions #despair #emotional-upheaval #hate #love

Is there any good news?' Tesla said. Who ever promised that? Who ever said there'd be good news? ↗

— Clive Barker

#funny #life #funny

It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion ↗

— Jacqueline Carey

#funny

My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#hope #life

Life ... is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#futility #hopelessness #life #life

Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair. ↗

— Irvin D. Yalom

#life #life

But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#future #life #life

Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the other side. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#children #despair #enlightenment #life

The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#relationships #life

Phury knelt beside him and stroked his face. "I've only ever had you to live for. If you die I have nothing. I'm utterly lost. And you are needed here." Zsadist tried to reach out, but couldn't lift his arms as Phury stood up. "God, Z, I keep thinking this tragedy of ours is going to be over. But it just keeps going, doesn't it?" Zsadist blacked out to the sound of his twin's boots heading from the room. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#love #sacrifice #love