„He’s the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad’s despair:For when they reach the scene of crime — Macavity’s not there!“

— T.S. Eliot

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„When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.“
— Dmitri Shostakovich
„It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.“
— Chinua Achebe
„Despair exists only when there is hope.“
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
„He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche