Quotes about Desperation

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I was shaking so hard, I could barely get the door unlocked. I just got the door shut behind me when I sank to my knees — Dakota Madison, Be Good
Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory... Everything is forgotten, even a gre — Albert Camus, A Happy Death
These last few months Vida had started believing in all kinds of strange things she'd have laughed at when we lived back — Judith Clarke, Starry Nights
I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth. — Hisham Matar, Anatomy of a Disappearance
There are times when you don't belong and you think you're going to kill yourself. Once I went to a hotel. Later that ni — Michael Cunningham, The Hours
People need me. I fill them. If they can't see me for a while they get desperate, they get sick. But if I see them too o — Charles Bukowski
Once you connect with yourself, it is impossible to be lonely or desperate. — Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Your arms ache to hold someone -- you move in slow motion from one hug to the nextso you won't jostle the warm feeling o — Sarah Tregay, Love and Leftovers
Loneliness and desperation are only possible when we have lost touch with our beauty within. — Bryant McGill
Anyone who is desperate or alone will agree there is comfort in routine. — Simon Van Booy, The Illusion of Separateness
Brianna peered through the large window into the sea of plexiglass cradles. Each infant, so small and precious, belonged — J.E.B. Spredemann, Amish by Accident
A woman's voice answered, "Hello?"Walter cried back at her, "Hello, oh Lord, hello!""This is a recording," recited the w — Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
Obsession and desperation for your goal, gets you the goal. — Amit Kalantri
He were found drowned. He were coming home very hopeless o' aught on earth. He thought God could na be harder than men; — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
The apartment faces an alley and is entered by a fire-escape, a structure whose name is a touch of accidental poetic tru — Tennessee Williams
Desperation is not an evidence of hard work, it's a sign of lack of faith — Constance Friday
I think our last kiss was meant to be quick and chaste, but after the first touch of his lips fire leaped up and roared — Julie Kagawa, The Iron Daughter
There is a difference between desire and desperation. — Tyra Banks
Extreme anxiety, fear, exhaustion, and lack of other viable options are what cause a person to surrender everything. Des — Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls
It is amazing how women spend too much time and energy scheming, plotting and seducing men when they should spend more t — Benyf, 11.11.11 After so Many Years of Tears: Letters to My Distant Soul-Mate