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Despair

(noun) Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. Example: "He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive"

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"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"There is not love of life without despair about life."
— Albert Camus
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"The only real laughter comes from despair."
— Groucho Marx
"He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool."
— Albert Camus
"Life ... is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing."
— William Shakespeare

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