Desperation - Dual-Language Quotes That Speak to the Heart

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. — Ruth Benedict

One shouldn't say yes in desperation to the first publisher who approaches. New authors especially should wait and weigh their deal and only agree when they are certain they have landed a good offer. — Ravi Subramanian

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

Rudy, please, wake up. God damn it, wake up, I love you. Come on, Rudy, come one, Jesse Owens, don't you know I love you, wake up, wake up, wake up... — Markus Zusak The Book Thief

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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