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Quotes About Forlornness

Asociada con su búskomorság, la pereza le estaba prohibida.
~ Jorge Volpi
There, then, he sat, holding up that imbecile candle in the heart of that almighty forlornness. There, then, he sat, the sign and symbol of a man without faith, hopelessly holding up hope in the midst of despair.
~ Herman Melville
could we not conceive of a philosophy of existence linked, not solely to experiences of separation, forlornness, and profound melancholy, but also to feelings of hope and confidence?
~ Jean-Paul Sartre