#pair

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#defiance #despair #done #god #greatest

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#hope #travel

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#elf #hope #legolas #hope

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#suicide #story

You see, we cannot draw lines and compartments and refuse to budge beyond them. Sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping-stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.' He paused, considering what he had just said. 'Yes', he repeated. 'In the end, it's all a question of balance. ↗

— Rohinton Mistry

#despair #hope #balance

my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#dead

I wish I could tell you how lonely I am. How cold and harsh it is here. Everywhere there is conflict and unkindness. I think God has forsaken this place. I believe I have seen hell and it's white, it's snow-white. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#conflict #despair #harshness #hell #industrialization

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #hope #doubt

I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain. ↗

— Holly Black

#despair #sad #conflict

When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#wisdom #fun