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“There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism.”

Different Political Culture Religious Loss Poverty Despair Rivers Gender Fanaticism Repression Apartheid

Author:Lawrence Wright

“How many hopes and dreams are trapped within these bones? How many wonders lie never to be discovered? This is what war is. Desolation, despair and loss. There are no victors.”

War Dream Lying Loss Wonder Despair Bones Trapped Hopes And Dreams Desolation

Book:Dark Moon

Source: Dark Moon

“At times it may seem worse - harder, at least - to live through the despair of this loss without the temporary comfort of our addictive behaviour. We cannot drown our sorrows. We must face the fact that we don’t know, really, where we are, how we got here, how long the pain will last, or how to move past it. That uncertainty may be the most painful part of not knowing a God: no one is there to reassure us that a God will take the pain and confusion away. We simply don’t know. And we have no way to numb ourselves or to forget the condition we’re in.”

“A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.”

Might Father Loss Son Bears Despair Inheritance Complacency

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.”

Water Loss Sea Despair Rain Disaster Scales Weather Mist Large Scale

Author:Mary Boykin Chesnut

“Finally, the lessons of impermanence taught me this: loss constitutes an odd kind of fullness; despair empties out into an unquenchable appetite for life.”

Kind Loss Taught Lessons Despair Odd Appetite Fullness Impermanence His Loss Appetite For Life

Book:The solace of open spaces

Source: The solace of open spaces

“Who among us is not at a loss for words? Tears pour out. Tears of joy. Tears of relief. A stunning, whopping landslide of hope in a time of deep despair. In a nation that was founded on genocide and then built on the backs of slaves, it was an unexpected moment, shocking in its simplicity: Barack Obama, a good man, a black man, said he would bring change to Washington, and the majority of the country liked that idea.”

“Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.”

Turns Loss Sorrow Despair Madness Patient Rage Plague Be Patient Impatience Fever Amazement

Author:Jeremy Taylor

“Skepticism turns to cynicism, which leads to apathy and despair, which can cause sleeplessness, dry-mouth, and loss of sex drive?”

Turns Sex Causes Loss Despair Mouths Dry Apathy Cynicism Skepticism Sleeplessness Sex Drive

Author:Al Franken

“Just as the sinner's despair of any hope from himself is the first prerequisite of a sound conversion, so the loss of all confidence in himself is the first essential in the believer's growth in grace.”

Firsts Sound Growth Loss Grace Essentials Despair Believer Conversion Sinner Prerequisites

Book:Sovereignty of God

Source: Sovereignty of God

“You are in the depths of despair because you locked in on something or someone that didn't belong to you. I've met many people who have lost everything, especially in these times. People who survive devastating loss have the ability to let go of what they were doing, how much they were earning, and what they feel they are entitled to right now. They may well return to their former status, but their immediate task is to assess their skills and show resilience moving forward.”

“A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.”

May Father Literature Loss Son Bears Despair Inheritance Father Son Equanimity Lost Friendship

Author:Niccolo Machiavelli

“A shade of sorrow passed over Taliesin's face. 'There are those,' he said gently, 'who must first learn loss, despair, and grief. Of all paths to wisdom, this is the cruelest and longest. Are you one who must follow such a way? This even I cannot know. If you are, take heart nonetheless. Those who reach the end do more than gain wisdom. As rough wool becomes cloth, and crude clay a vessel, so do they change and fashion wisdom for others, and what they give back is greater than what they won.”

Ifs Knows Way Giving Firsts Heart Said Ends Faces Loss Grief Path Greater Fashion Sorrow Despair Gains Rough Shade Clay Giving Back Vessel Crude Wool

Book:The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

Source: The High King: The Chronicles of Prydain

“I can't help but see myself in them. The Seelie are who I was before my sister died. Pink, pretty, frivolous Mac. The Unseelie are who I've become, carved by loss and despair. Black, grungy, driven Mac.”

I Can Helping Black Loss Despair Died Driven My Sister Macs Frivolous

Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned

Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned