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Quote by Fernando Pessoa

“They all have, like me, their future in the past.”

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Portuguese poet known for his unique narrative style and rich inner world. Fernando Pessoa is considered one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, and his works are still widely studied and discussed today. more

“I have this notion that maybe this world is the hell of the angels. That maybe we're creatures with angels exiled in our souls, banished to this godawful existence, howling in despair...and all those beautiful dreams we have are only the ravings of those angels, their screams in our animal minds.”

Pain Despair Isolation Angels

Book:A Cry of Angels

Source: A Cry of Angels

“In a weird sort of way, cursed forests and evil wraiths aren't half as terrifying as the thought that all the things that have given you hope may not be real at all.”

Hope Doubt Despair Delusion Self Deception

Book:Mary, Everything

Source: Mary, Everything

“The fitful sleeping makes the hours pass slowly; it seems to me the night has many nights in it―has years of nights!―through which, as if through drifts of smoke, I am compelled to stumble.”

Fear Despair Insomnia

Book:Fingersmith

Source: Fingersmith

“I wanted to tell her not to entertain despair like this. Despair wasn’t a guest, you didn’t play its favorite music, find it a comfortable chair. Despair was the enemy. It frightened me for Claire to bare her needs so openly. If a person needed something badly, it was my experience that it would surely be taken away. I didn’t need to put mirrors on the roof to know that.”

Despair Depression Suicidal Thoughts

Book:White Oleander

Source: White Oleander

“Your mindset shapes your reality. Choose which thoughts you entertain... and choose wisely.”

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Author:Jen Alvares

“It is an infinite merit to be able to despair.”

Despair Existentialism

Book:The Sickness Unto Death

Source: The Sickness Unto Death

“Emotions bleed where love frowns and despair smiles My home is within the core The center of this place, it lays down my heart for love My love's (in) the Center of War”

Love War Poetry Emotional Despair Perseverance Contentment Smiling War And Peace No Mans Land

Author:Criss Jami

“During that decade when many men's faces found a permanent hardness and bleakness, as if they looked upon an abyss, William Stoner, to whom that expression was as familiar as the air he walked in, saw the signs of a general despair he had known since he was a boy.”

Despair Oppression

Book:Stoner

Source: Stoner

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