#pair

But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger setting, that revealed an underlying pattern, and gave us a sense that, against all the depressing and chaotic evidence to the contrary, life had meaning and value. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

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I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. ↗

— John James Audubon

#body #eight #had #hands #i

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. ↗

— Joan Baez

#clearing #despair #end #far #happy

Being constantly with children was like wearing a pair of shoes that were expensive and too small. She couldn't bear to throw them out, but they gave her blisters. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#being #blisters #children #constantly #expensive

Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work. ↗

— Oksana Baiul

#although #different #different things #difficult #double

That difficult start drove me on to inspire children and let them know that it is never to late to repair a bad experience at school, and once you get your head down and start to read books, you can really achieve. ↗

— Johnny Ball

#bad #books #children #difficult #down

We've been asked to do 'Playboy' together, me and Victoria, as a pair. I don't think I'll ever go naked, but I'll never say never. ↗

— David Beckham

#been #ever #go #i #me

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

#composer #despair #down #every #forgetting

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#believe #breakdown #hand #happening #hope

Life begins on the other side of despair. ↗