“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”

“Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom”

“Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.”

“Isolation and loneliness are central causes of depression and despair.”

“she was consumed by 3 simple things:
drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more:
youth and beauty”

“It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. As it turns out, work is less boring than amusing oneself.”

“….. joy runs deeper than despair.”

“My only hope lies in my despair.”

“Better the myth of happiness, than the myth of despair.”

“Someone in despair despairs over something. So, for a moment, it seems, but only for a moment. That same instant the true despair shows itself, or despair in its true guise. In despairing over something he was really despairing over himself, and he wants now to be rid of himself.”