Someone should have warned me about love's dark underbelly, about the rejection and despair.
The CollectorWe are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair.
The Golden CompassThere's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.
Hear the Wind SingIf you can cope the pride when winning, then you can confront despair when lose.
Master of StupidityConsult.../what reinforcement we may gain from hope,/If not, what resolution from despair.
Paradise LostBeing a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.
The Two TowersWhen I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
Oscar Wilde