"The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair."

Despair, Disillusionment

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"The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair."

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"There is nothing at all to be done about it, There is nothing to do about anything."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

Despair, Nothing, Action, Resignation, Acceptance

"My body rises with the water. Instead of kicking my feet to stay abreast of it, I push all the air from my lungs and sink to the bottom. The water muffles my ears. I feel its movement over my face. I think about snorting the water into my lungs so it kills me faster, but I can't bring myself to do it. I blow bubbles from my mouth. Relax. I close my eyes. My lungs burn."

Veronica Roth, American Author

Despair, Water, Death, Struggle, Life

"You have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and a faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose then, your heart has been weeping blood?"

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Despair, Blood, Emotion, Heart, Loss

"After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Despair, Hope, Lost, Survival

"It is said that scattered through Despair's domain are a multitude of tiny windows, hanging in the void. Each window looks out onto a different scene, being, in our world, a mirror. Sometimes you will look into a mirror and feel the eyes of Despair upon you, feel her hook catch and snag on your heart. Despair says little, and is patient."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Despair, Patience, Heart, Emotion

"In every way that counted, I was dead. Inside somewhere maybe I was screaming and weeping and howling like an animal, but that was another person deep inside, another person who had no access to the lips and face and mouth and head, so on the surface I just shrugged and smile and kept moving. If I could have physically passed away, just let it all go, like that, without doing anything, stepped out of life as easily as walking through a door I would have done. But I was going to sleep at night and waking in the morning, disappointed to be there and resigned to existence."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Despair, Death, Existence, Emotion, Resignation

"Despair is the source of all evil."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Despair, Evil, Darkness, Suffering

"So where do you go? Back to the bottle And back to a tiny room somewhere. And wait. And wait, and wait. That's all."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Despair, Addiction, Waiting, Isolation

"Those who commit suicide, pensive, lonely, philosophers, are awake in life, which is a serious crime. In life everybody must be asleep."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Despair, Suicide, Life, Crime, Awakening

"Naturalists tell of a noble race of horses that instinctively open a vein with their teeth, when heated and exhausted by a long course, in order to breathe more freely. I am often tempted to open a vein, to procure for myself everlasting liberty. Cento volte ho impugnato una lama per conficcarmela nel cuore. Si dice di una nobile razza i cavalli,che quando si sentono accaldati e affaticati, si aprono istintivamente una vena, per respirare piA1 liberamente. Spesso anche io vorrei aprirmi una vena che mi desse libertA eterna."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Despair, Freedom, Sacrifice, Exhaustion

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