Quotes About Despair

In truth, if I were asked to say briefly what Pessimism is, I should say it is disappointed Egotism; and the description will hold good, whether we apply it to an individual, to a community, or to an age.

The most despairing songs are the loveliest of all,I know immortal ones composed only of tears.

I cannot help it, — in spite of myself, infinity torments me.

J'ai perdu ma force et ma vie, Et mes amis et ma gaieté; J'ai perdu jusqu'à la fierté Qui faisait croire à mon génie. Quand j'ai connu la Vérité, J'ai cru que c'était une amie ; Quand je l'ai comprise et sentie, J'en étais déjà dégoûté. Et pourtant elle est éternelle, Et ceux qui se sont passés d'elle Ici-bas ont tout ignoré. Dieu parle, il faut qu'on lui réponde. Le seul bien qui me reste au monde Est d'avoir quelquefois pleuré.

he, that same man, after having abandoned her, finds her after a night of orgie, pale and leaden, forever lost, with hunger on her lips and prostitution in her heart.

Désespoir ! Ne pourrai-je même jouer ma vie ? ne pourrai-je tenter même le plus désespéré de tous les partis ??!

Laurette ! Laurette ! Ah ! je me sens plus lâche qu'une femme. Mon désespoir me tue ; il faut que je pleure. ( RAZETTA )

Je suis rongé d'une tristesse auprès de laquelle la nuit la plus sombre est une lumière éblouissante

Je n'avais vécu que par cette femme ; douter d'elle, c'était douter de tout ; la maudire, tout renier ; la perdre, tout détruire. P 27

Partout où j'ai voulu dormir, Partout où j'ai voulu mourir, Partout où j'ai touché la terre, Sur ma route est venu s'asseoir Un malheureux vêtu de noir, Qui me ressemblait comme un frère.

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness.

Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.

At its heart, 'Fat City' is not about boxing. It is a universal story of grim realities and toxic delusions. It is awash with awareness of chances blown, dreams stymied, precious time wasted, and all future prospects scorched to ashes by the process.

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.

I can wax boringly about the role of comedy in mitigating pain. For so many comedians, comedy comes out of personal despair. I'm not a very despairing person myself, but I do fear despair and the death of loved ones.

It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves.

As a genre, the noir of post-World War II was based on characters who were weak or repellent, bound to let down us and themselves.

I shall never come to the Punjab again; it is such a hopeless place.

Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry.