Sperare Quotes & Sayings

Catholicism fascinated him, the contortions it put itself through to make ends meet. Father Murray had kept returning to the word 'despair.' There'd been a little (bizarre, Luke thought) linguistic diversion into Latin. Desperare, formed by the 'de' prefex, signifying the removal of or from, and 'sperare,' meaning to hope. The removal of hope. That was despair. The reasoning being that you couldn't live without hope. What Murray hadn't said (but what, along with the story of the suicide ghost, Luke remembered from childhood) was that despair was classified as a sin against the Holy Spirit. That was the perverse beauty of the religion: that your daughter could be raped and murdered and yourself still condemned for giving up hope. — Glen Duncan

All those moments spent in concetration will give you a terrific strength and with that strength you will cut aside all illusions. — Frederick Lenz

The thing about the 600 words, I mean some day, you can do a very, very, very hard day's work and not write a word, just revising, or you would scribble a few words. — J.K. Rowling

Everyone turns toward someone. Look for one scarred by the King's polo stick. — Rumi

I have found it to be true that the older I've become the better my life has become. — Rush Limbaugh

Passion is taking such a bite out of life that when the juices run down your face, everyone licks their lips! — Chuck Spezzano

Headwise, I always kind of knew that everyone goes grey in our family very early - and I was like, it works for me. I started growing my beard, and it changes the shape of your skull and your face, and I started seeing my mother's side of the family in myself for the first time. — Douglas Coupland

As the dead rise to live, the live sink to die, the currents are deep and raging inside. — Lou Reed

... The Antichrists are antichristing each other with antichristly ferocity so I must go and make peace. — Leonora Carrington

Some pitchers want to be known as the fastest throwers that ever lived. Some want to win 30 games in one season. Some want to pitch a no-hitter. All I want to do is the best I can, day after day. In other words, I want to prove I am the best. — Tom Seaver

The media wants a nice guy, so I can give that to them. I figured I could be myself in this interview since no one's gonna read this JV newspaper. — Dabo Swinney

Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)
The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all ... — Virgil

When the owl sings, the night is silent. (Quand le hibou chante, La nuit est silence) — Charles De Leusse

Each golden day was cherished to the full, for one had the feeling that each must be the last. Tomorrow it would be winter. — Elizabeth Enright

St George won 11 premierships with one Raper, imagine how Canterbury will go with 13. — Darren Lockyer

What do you want? You're finished. You don't begin to suspect how finished you are. When all these people hear about what you've done to their folks, they're just going to mob you. They'd hang you, but you won't last that long. They'll tear you apart like a pack of dogs. — William Gay