“I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.” WantCultureDespair Author:Natalie Merchant
“And just as music is the space between notes, just as the stars are beautiful because of the space between them, just as the sun strikes raindrops at a certain angle and throws a prism of color across the sky—so the space where I exist, and want to keep existing, and to be quite frank I hope I die in, is exactly this middle distance: where despair struck pure otherness and created something sublime.” WantBeautifulCertainDiesStarsSpaceSunSkyMiddleColorPureDespairMusic IsDistanceNotesStrikesFrankSublimeAngleSpace BetweenRaindropsOthernessPrisms Author:Donna Tartt
“He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.” IfsWantDespairCapableOvercomingInstinctKillingSatan Book:Night Source: Night