All his (Michelangelo) statues are so constrained by agony that they seem to wish to break themselves. They all seem ready to succumb to the pressure of despair that fills them.
Despair Quotes
And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night.
There is no logical explanation for despair. You can no more reason yourself into cheerfulness than you can reason yourself an extra six inches in height. You can only be better prepared.
Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.
Damn, damn and double damn. Damn it backwards into a narrow space, with a sideorder of hellfire, and twice on a Sunday. DAAAAAAAMN.
Despair itself, if it goes on long enough, can become a kind of sanctuary in which one settles down and feels at ease.
It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to desire, and many things to fear.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall think of it, always.
In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair, the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.
