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Quotations about despair

Banana YpshimotoTruly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has been put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends.

 - Banana Yoshimoto

Tags:   despair  greatness  light  

Fyodor DostoevskyIn despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.

 - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Tags:   despair  enjoyment  hopelessness  

Anne FrankI have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic, and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

 - Anne Frank

Tags:   amusement  despair  hiding  humor  laughter  

Marcus Tullius CiceroAs I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

 - Marcus Tullius Cicero

Tags:   age  death  despair  misery