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“For a time I tried to bolster myself with anger, but my despair was too clammy and dark a thing for anger's flames to overcome.”

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Book:Assassin's Apprentice

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Assassin's Apprentice

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Robin Hobb

Robin Hobb is an American novelist renowned for her fantasy novels. Her works are known for their complex characters and in-depth historical backgrounds, which have won her a dedicated following. more

“Awaken me, lord, from the dream of despair, and let me describe my sin. I would not fall into the bewilderment to which your name invited me. I established a court, and I fell asleep under a crown, and I dreamed I could rule the wicked. Awaken me to the homeland of my heart where you are worshipped forever. Awaken me to the mercy of the breath which you breathe into me.”

Poetry Lord Despair Worship Awaken

Book:Book of Mercy

Source: Book of Mercy

“It wasn’t the pain that bothered him most. It would pass; he would heal. It wasn’t the constant humiliation, the total loss of dignity, the unwanted invasions of his body... those tortures were familiar now too. He was as accustomed to shame and degradation as he was to his shackles and cage. What hurt most were the memories of flying, fierce and proud and free. And the knowledge that his future contained only endless towns full of rubes eager to hand over their money to Davenport. In the musty darkness of his cage, with the sounds of the engine, creaking springs, and rolling tires as camouflage, Tenrael wept.”

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Book:Corruption

Source: Corruption

“It's Friday afternoon and I'm alone. Rain drips from the eaves, a reminder that there is a world outside this room.”

Life Despair Existentialism Japan Alienation

Book:In the Shadows of Mountains

Source: In the Shadows of Mountains

“My identifying features are rapture and despair.”

Poetry Personality Poem Despair Rapture

Book:View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

Source: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems

“Some small rational part of me realized I was in deep shock. It repeated the fact to me again and again. I did not want to think of what I saw. I did not want to know what had happened here. I did not want to know what any of this meant.”

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Book:The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

“The first thing is not to despair. Let us not listen too much to those who proclaim that the world is at an end. Civilizations do not die so easily, and even if our world were to collapse, it would not have been the first. It is indeed true that we live in tragic times. But too many people confuse tragedy with despair.”

Civilization Despair Tragedy

Author:Albert Camus

“Do not give in to despair.”

Hope Despair Encouragement

Author:Lailah Gifty Akita

“Belief is what you are prepared to accept.”

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Book:Life’s Events In Focus

Source: Life’s Events In Focus

“Getting rid of the mirrors—what a joke that was. Just hiding the truth. All those smashed mirrors in the town dump. All that bad luck circling back to her.”

Despair Cancer Bad Luck Appearances

Book:The Chain

Source: The Chain

“Even my Buddhist friends have been feeling despair and when they go bad, you know the end is nigh.”

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Book:Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

Source: Almost Everything: Notes on Hope

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