“I barely managed to do the small talk—the what-do-you-do, the where-are-you-from, the what-neighborhood, the what-college, the despair of trying to explain oneself.”
Source: The Answers
“Throughout the whole absurd life I'd lived, a dark wind had been rising toward me from somewhere deep in my future, across years that were still to come...”
Source: The Stranger
“when you face disappointments and trials in life, your response dictates the character that will be created in you as a result.”
Source: The Irrational Mind: How To Fight Back Against The Hidden Forces That Affect Our Decision Making
“It may happen, however, that he falls into despair just for the fact that he has opened his heart to another; it may be that he thinks
it would have been infinitely preferable to maintain silence rather than have anyone privy to his secret. There are examples of introverts who are brought to despair precisely because they have acquired a confidant.”
Source: The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening
“I had come to understand that despair does not necessarily result in annihilation, that one can go on as usual despite of it...”
Source: Kitchen
“She was tranquil, but it was with the quietness of exhausted grief, not of resignation; and she looked back upon the past, and awaited the future, with a kind of out-breathed despair.”
Source: The Italian, or the confessional of the black penitents. A romance. By Ann Radcliffe, ... In three volumes. ... The second edition. Volume 1 of 3
“Everything now had been taken from him, his striving after goodness, his hopes, his pride, even that human revenge upon fate--to destroy his own life-- for he was invulnerable. A terrible predicament he was in, to be utterly suicidal, and unable to perish.”
“Let the darkness transform into rock
across the wilderness of my memory”
“I drew a deep breath, trying to think of something to say, then pulled a handkerchief from my pocket and gave it to him.
"Are you breathing, Ian?"
His mouth twitched a little.
"Aye, I htink so."
"That's all you have to do, for now.”
Source: An Echo in the Bone
“Hope lives in everybody; faith is closer to us than we can imagine! When despair calls you, call your faith and awake your hope, so they may give answers!”