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Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate.

Many of us have felt that sense of desperation - of urgency - when we learn that we or someone we love is fighting for their life.

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.

I don't find myself so exercised by a desperation to be new.

If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.