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Quotes About Despite

Hay aire y sol, hay nubes. Allá arriba un cielo azul y detrás de él tal vez haya canciones; tal vez mejores voces… Hay esperanza, en suma. Hay esperanza para nosotros, contra nuestro pesar.
~ Juan Rulfo
Oh. Well, you've got options. Your looks aren't going anywhere," she replies, as she fiddles with her controls. "Thanks. I was hoping to find someone who loves me for my mind." "Oh, that's adorable. That's not the way it works, darlin'. Men have to fall in love with you despite all that.
~ Andrew Mayne
First, I need to convince you that human progress has, on balance, been a good thing, and that, despite the constant temptation to moan, the world is as good a place to live as it has ever been for the average human being – even now in a deep recession.
~ Matt Ridley
Set all your trust in God and fear not the language of the world; for the more despite, shame, and reproof that ye have in the world, the more is your merit in the sight of God. Patience is necessary unto you, for in that shall ye keep your soul.
~ Julian of Norwich
No wonder this man was a diplomat. You couldn't trust him an inch, he thought in loops, and you couldn't help liking him despite it.
~ Terry Pratchett
and in those moments, it was your expression, more than your words, that always filled my heart with joy. With you, my life felt indeed like a fantastic adventure—despite
~ Nicholas Sparks
Foul fiend of France and hag of all despite, Encompassed with thy lustful paramours, Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age And twit with cowardice a man half dead?
~ William Shakespeare
Family's the luck of the draw, Lena. What you make of yourself, because of or despite it, that's where the spine and heart come in.
~ Nora Roberts
Aye, danger mix'd with jealous despite Shall send thy soul into eternal night!
~ Thomas Kyd
And let our despite go to those who work and fight and our hate to those who hope and trust.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Most "superheroes" are nothing of the sort. They're weird, neurotic creatures who do big things DESPITE lots of self-defeating habits and self-talk.
~ Timothy Ferriss
The willingness to abuse other bodies is the willingness to abuse one's own. To damage the earth is to damage your children. To despise the ground is to despise its fruit; to despise the fruit is to despise its eaters. The wholeness of health is broken by despite" (The Unsettling of America).
~ Wendell Berry
No, not just the visual. There's the emotional part too. There's that line Faulkner said, about how you don't love because. You love despite.
~ Meg Wolitzer
were to ask whether the writers recommend visiting Mexico City, the response would be both firm and passionate: "Yes, of course." Because this is the best city on the planet, in spite of itself.
~ Paco Ignacio Taibo II
unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.
~ Patrick Rothfuss