Desperation - Dual-Language Quotes That Speak to the Heart

I asked a man who took a death boat to Europe across the treacherous waters of the Mediterranean from Libya: "Why are you taking this death boat?" "I am already dead," he said. "This is my coffin. If I succeed to get to the other side, I get a new life. If I fail, I lose nothing. I remain what I am now: Dead." — Bangambiki Habyarimana

New rules - we needed new rules. No one opens the main doors but me. No one leaves the property without me. No one goes outside without letting me know. I had these horrible images in my head of kids being restrained against their wills, of kids crying my name out, begging me to help them when I was powerless. Desperate times… Lord, my soul called out. Lord…somehow that's as far as I could get. I didn't have the words. — Laura Anderson Kurk Perfect Glass

To a life of quiet desperation... and not leading it.

You can't stay in the dark for too long. Something inside you starts to fade, and you become like a starving person, crazy-hungry for light.

There he must, despite the anguish devouring his brain, present a face approximating the one that is associated with ordinary events and companionship. He must try to utter small talk, and be...

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