Desperate Quotes - Page 3
Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin
Charles Mackay (1852). “Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”, p.67
To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism.
Sylvia Plath (2011). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.163, Faber & Faber
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
Samuel Johnson (1809). “Works”, p.225
For to be desperate is to discover strength. / We die of comfort and by conflict live.
May Sarton (2014). “Cloud, Stone, Sun, Vine: Poems Selected and New”, p.101, Open Road Media
Ken Follett (2010). “The Pillars of the Earth”, p.315, Penguin