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“The spruce, the hemlock, and the pine will not countenance despair.”

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“Those who can't hope can still wish.”

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“Why should you care so much for Christminster?" she said pensively. "Christminster cares nothing for you, poor dear!" "Well, I do, I can't help it. I love the place — although I know how it hates all men like me — the so-called self-taught — how it scorns our laboured acquisitions, when it should be the first to respect them; how it sneers at our false quantities and mispronunciations, when it should say, I see you want help, my poor friend! ... Nevertheless, it is the centre of the universe to me, because of my early dream: and nothing can alter it. Perhaps it will soon wake up, and be generous. I pray so! ... I should like to go back to live there — perhaps to die there! In two or three weeks I might, I think. It will then be June, and I should like to be there by a particular day.”

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Book:Jude the Obscure

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“When a soul is saved, raised up out of the black abyss of despair, it never means as much to anyone else as it does to the one rescued.”

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Book:Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

“Anyone can suffer. But joy--that's hard. Ask about joy.”

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Book:On Fragile Waves

Source: On Fragile Waves

“...and his desperation had made him cruel.”

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Book:Normal People

Source: Normal People

“They say perhaps we cry when language fails, when words can no longer adequately convey our hurt. When my crying is not wordless enough I beat my head with my fists.”

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Book:The Crying Book

Source: The Crying Book

“Beauty is scandalous sir! It takes away a man's reason and cedes him unreasonable fervor. For you see sir! A man profligate as me; has found in this destitution that a reasonable man is more likely to lead a content life. That's the best a man can be sir, content. Especially an eternally dejected man, such as myself. Who has lost his ability to be pleased.”

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Author:Teufel Damon

“In the darkness of my soul, I have wondered if God enjoys watching despair, the way voyeurs watch sex. That would explain a great deal of human history! My faith in the meaning of Jesus's life and in Christian doctrine has been shaken to its core ...if I am to sustain my belief in a good and loving God who is not arbitrary and capricious and vicious, I must believe that some higher purpose is served by all this...and the greatest service I can do Emilio Sandoz is to make it possible for him to discover what that purpose may have been.”

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Book:Children of God

Source: Children of God

“He saw the sickness of the world and of his own country, during the years after the great war; he saw hatred and suspicion become a kind of madness that swept across the land like a swift plague; he saw young men go again to war marching eagerly to a senseless doom, as if in the echo of a nightmare. STONER”

Book:Stoner

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“Suicide occurs when the struggle of life exceeds the fear of death.”

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Author:Steven Magee