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“In fact her maturity and blood kinship converted her passion to fever, so it was more affliction than affection. It literally knocked her down at night, and raised her up in the morning, for when s...”
“... desperate times required judicious risk-taking.”
“He felt himself now, as he had often fancied other people, adrift on the stream, and far removed from control of it, a man with no grasp upon circumstances any longer. Old battered man loafing at t...”
“There had been no enemies, just one single adversary, herself; her future had been killed by her own imprudence, by the reckless Salina pride; and now, just at the moment when her memories had come...”
“If all we seek is an escape, what does that say about the world we live in. We are desperate with our dreams. What - oh, what - does that say?”
“The veneer of civilization fell away to reveal desperate animals, humanity at their worst.”
“I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know.”
“He realized he needed strength, sustenance that couldn’t come from bread alone. He desperately needed God.”
“Don’t ever let desperation take the seat of inspiration in you! Always live inspired no matter what! For though something might be wrong somewhere, something is always right somewhere! If you have ...”
“Don’t allow your thoughts of frustration allow you to make decisions out of desperation.”
“Do you think he would dare half as much for your love as I have?”“No,” she said. “He never could. That’s why I love him.”“You were desperate for me.”“Desperate. Not happy.” For the first time in al...”
“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...”
“Oh, God,” Wilhelm prayed, “Let me out of my trouble. Let me out of my thoughts, and let me do something better with myself. For all the time I have wasted I am very sorry. Let me out of this clutch...”
“Believe me, there is no such thing as great suffering, great regret, great memory... Everything is forgotten, even a great love. That's what's sad about life, and also what's wonderful about it. Th...”
“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 night I made a plan. The plan was I would leave my family when my second child ...”
“I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to 'LIllustration. Something desperate, you know."Zagreus smiled. "You're a poor man, Mersault. That explains half of your disgust...”
“I fear that one day I will no longer understand desperation, and with that, I will slowly stop listening to what others have to say.”
“Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear) 'because, if you won't, I'll try violence.”
“I would have stayed a hundred times and I would have left one time only - still, I left.”
“He sent up another silent prayer to wherever desperate prayers go and took the first step toward what he hoped would be salvation.”
