#pair

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ↗

— Max Jacob

#despair #expression #found #having #his

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil...who put darkness for light and light for darkness...who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight." Issiah 5:20,21 ↗

— Nikki Rosen

#despair #faith #god #hope #hopeless

The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that has been done, which has not been completed yet. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#building #completed #damage #done #engineering

I have tons of sunglasses. My husband won't let me buy another pair because I lose them all the time. ↗

— Ali Larter

#because #buy #husband #i #lose

People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

#critical #decreased #drive #driving #functions

No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#ephemeral #how #matter #nothing #novel

It was despairing to find out that I am mortal. ↗

— Magnus Magnusson

#despairing #find #i #i am #mortal

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful. ↗

— Don McLean

#american #american pie #despairing #hopeful #pie

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#beautiful #despair #feeling #get #god

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. ↗

— Woody Allen

#artist #despair #emptiness #hope #art