"It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Despair Quotes

“I've always quite liked the idea of being an archeologist, sort of scrubbing around in the dirt.”
“My feeling about growing up in New Jersey was, 'How come I'm not in New York?' That being said, I'm older and I have a better worldview now, and so I think I grew up in an incredibly privileged position. The town I grew up in is beautiful. I got a great education, and I'm very grateful for it.”
“We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.”
“The belief in poetry is a magnificent fury, or it is nothing.”
“When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I try to make my things aesthetically pleasing; but, if it isnâ€™t functional, people will â€˜ooâ€™ and â€˜aahâ€™ over it in an exhibit but they wonâ€™t buy it. â€¦ My feeling is a chair has to be functional and comfortable for tall and short alike.”
“I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole!”
“My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.”

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