Despair Quotes - Page 2

There is a rise after every fall.

Lailah Gifty Akita

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Oh dire, dreadful death, you drag your heels.Why dawdle and draw back? You drown my heart.

Where there is no hope, there is Christmas. And where there is no Christmas, there is no hope.

Craig D. Lounsbrough

Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.

Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.

But I did feel the vertigo of death’s invitation, beckoning me towards the dark waters below. Only a newfound perspective and desire steadied my wavering soul. I came to realize, just in time, that suicide was far too easy – and obscenely cowardly – after someone I knew, not even half my age, had been through so much worse and still marched gloriously on.

Zack Love

Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.

Zack Love