Despair

Famous quotes containing the word despair:

“Let judges secretly despair of justice: their verdicts will be more acute. Let generals secretly despair of triumph; killing will be defamed. Let priests secretly despair of faith: their compassion will be true.”
—Leonard Cohen (b. 1934)

“Nihilism is not only despair and negation, but above all the desire to despair and to negate.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)

“Sins become more subtle as you grow older: you commit sins of despair rather than lust.”
—Piers Paul Read (b. 1941)