“Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.”
Source: The Power and the Glory
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Graham Greene164
English writer, playwright and literary critic 1904–1991Related quotes
“Despair exists only when there is hope.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
11th Public Talk, London, UK (25 May 1961)
1960s
“None without hope e'er lov'd the brightest fair,
But love can hope where reason would despair.”
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773) British politician
Epigram; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“My only hope lies in my despair.”
Mon unique espérance est dans mon désespoir.
Atalide, Bajazet, (1672), act I, scene IV.
“Who knew love could kill you?”
Anthony Doerr book All the Light We Cannot See
Source: All the Light We Cannot See
“I never lost hope, and never did I despair of coming back alive.”
James Robinson Risner (1925–2013) Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
Source: "Nine Feet Tall" in Air Force Magazine https://www.airforcemag.com/article/0212tall/ (1 February 2012)