"The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage."

-- Christopher Hitchens

#Despair Quotes #Moments Quotes

“You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.”
“I'm named after a computer and grew up really interested in them.”
“...being torn apart by far too many loyalties that could not possibly live together in the same brain.”

Source : Jeff Lindsay (2005). “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”, p.181, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.”
“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don't go back to sleep! You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep! People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch, The door is round and open Don't go back to sleep!”
“Although the governor strongly disagrees with the court substituting its judgment for the constitutional process of the elected branches or a vote of the people, the court has now spoken clearly as to their view of the New Jersey Constitution, and, therefore, same-sex marriage is the law.”
“Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.”
“My pets are very supportive, as they curl up in their beds underneath my desk.”

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