For several years Quinn had been having the same conversations with this man, whose name he did not know. Once, when he had been in the luncheonette, they had talked about baseball, and now, each time Quinn came in, they continued to talk about it. In the winter, the talk was of trades, predictions, memories. During the season, it was always the most recent game. They were both Mets fans, and the hopelessness of that passion had created a bond between them.
Paul AusterTag: baseball sports hopelessness
The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.
Frank McCourtTag: survival hopelessness
You can break a man with hope.
Kate MorgenrothTag: hope hopelessness breaking hopelessly-going-after-something
There was no despondency when she fell asleep that night; nor was there hope when she awoke in the morning.
Kate ChopinTag: hopelessness
When people have tried everything and have discovered that nothing works, they will tend to revert to what they know best—which will often be the tribe, the totem, or the taboo.
Christopher HitchensTag: africa hopelessness taboo primitivism tribalism
My fate is like those envelopes – sealed and tossed aside.
Jenny B. JonesTag: fate hopelessness
...he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears into the sea.
Henryk SienkiewiczTag: doubt hopelessness fear-of-failure
He would not now conduct little Nell to the coast; he would not convey her by a steamer to Port Said, would not surrender her to Mr. Rawlinson; he himself would not fall into his father's arms and would not hear from his lips that he had acted like a true Pole! The end, the end! In a few days the sun would shine only upon the lifeless bodies and afterwards would dry them up into a semblance of those mummies which slumber in an eternal sleep in the museums in Egypt
Henryk SienkiewiczTag: doubt death death-and-dying desert hopelessness sahara
Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.
Kohta HiranoTag: life humanity sadness loneliness crying tears grief transformation good-and-evil hopelessness desperation good-and-bad man-vs-monster
Any fool can hope when success lies plainly in view. It wants genuine strength to hope when matters are hopeless.
Michael FlynnTag: success hope fools hopelessness
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