Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

Thus repuls'd, our final hope
Is flat despair.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

But, O thou tyrant,
Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
Than all thy woes read more

But, O thou tyrant,
Do not repent these things, for they are heavier
Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee
To nothing but despair.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

The man who lives only by hope will die with despair.

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, read more

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the freezing-point of knowing absolute failure. Only the man of goodwill carries always in his heart this capacity for damnation.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in read more

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

The nympholepsy of some fond despair.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.