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“Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels. Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.”

Book:The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation

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The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation

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Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage is a British poet born on May 26, 1963. His work is known for its deep emotion and unique narrative style, earning him widespread acclaim. more

“You see, there's some blues for folks ain't never had a thing, and that's a sad blues ... but the saddest kind of blues is for them that's had everything they ever wanted and has lost it, and knows it won't come back no more. Ain't no sufferin' in this world worse than that; and that's the blue we call 'I Had It But It's All Gone Now.”

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Book:Replay

Source: Replay

“Her eyes are grey. Her hair is straggly and wet. Her fingers are stubby. The nails are chewed and broken. Her teeth are crooked, jagged things. There is a vacancy in her gaze, a feeling of absence when you are near her that is impossible to put into words. Her sigil is the hooked ring. One day her hook will catch your heart. Describing her, we articulate what she is and why she is: when hope is past, she is there. She is in a thousand thousand waiting rooms and empty streets, in grey concrete buildings and anonymous hotels. She is on the other side of every mirror. When the eyes that look back at you know you too well, and no longer care for what they see, they are her eyes. She stands and waits, and in her posture the pain no longer tells you to live, and in her presence joy is unimaginable.”

Despair

Book:The Sandman: Endless Nights

Source: The Sandman: Endless Nights

“Dying, she thought, is the only way out of what is happening to me.”

Despair Hopelessness

Book:If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

Source: If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

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