#despair

I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

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Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

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To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing. ↗

— Raymond Williams

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I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking. ↗

— Loretta Young

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In a world gushing blood day and night, you never stop mopping up pain. ↗

— Aberjhani

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Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

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We've all had that fear, that despair of losing someone, or this fierce desire because it's not reciprocated. The less reciprocation there is, the more desire we have. ↗

— Emmanuelle Beart

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Invention flags, his brain goes muddy, and black despair succeeds brown study. ↗

— William Congreve

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Despair is the conclusion of fools. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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