She was in despair when her husband died.

The author states that in October 1999, in despair over his son's situation, her husband committed suicide.

Then I am drowning, in despair at having to leave her, this, everything, all, unbearable, awful.

So Ms. Dewey heard this, and she shook her head in despair while fellow teachers were sort of cheering each other on and nodding approvingly.

In fact, despair is in the air.

But a voice called out to her from below, Do not despair. Your Lord has provided a brook that runs at your feet,

But a voice called out to her from below, Do not despair. Your Lord has provided a brook that runs at your feet,

Poverty, despair, struggle.

Europe s Corner of Despair

We should never despair.

And when the Hour sets in, the guilty will despair.

And when the Hour sets in, the guilty will despair.

His class makes us despair.

at the rainfall, though before that they had been in despair.

at the rainfall, though before that they had been in despair.

Poverty breeds despair. We know this.

Despair breeds violence. We know this.

O sons, go in search of Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of the mercy of God. Only they despair of God's mercy who do not believe.

O sons, go in search of Joseph and his brother, and do not despair of the mercy of God. Only they despair of God's mercy who do not believe.

We came out of the end of the Cold War in despair.

And back here in the United States, we saw economic despair, deprivation.

And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.

And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

They said We give thee glad tidings in truth be not then in despair!

They said We give thee glad tidings in truth be not then in despair!

O you who believe! do not make friends with a people with whom Allah is wroth indeed they despair of the hereafter as the unbelievers despair of those in tombs.

O you who believe! do not make friends with a people with whom Allah is wroth indeed they despair of the hereafter as the unbelievers despair of those in tombs.

The answer lies in Ayn Rand s rhetorical invocation of despair in her 1957 epic Atlas Shrugged Who is John Galt? Simply put, when the state seizes the incentives and drivers of capital investment, owners of capital go on strike.

Back to the Politics of Cultural Despair

To hope is better than to despair.

Iraq had sunk into darkness and despair.

They said, We bring you good news in truth, so do not despair.

They said, We bring you good news in truth, so do not despair.

from which there is no relief they will remain there in utter despair.

from which there is no relief they will remain there in utter despair.

O ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the Wrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves.

O ye who believe! Turn not (for friendship) to people on whom is the Wrath of Allah, of the Hereafter they are already in despair, just as the Unbelievers are in despair about those (buried) in graves.

although before that they were given to despair.

although before that they were given to despair.

It will not decrease for them dumb with despair they will stay in it.

It will not decrease for them dumb with despair they will stay in it.

Although they were before this before it was sent down upon them in despair.

Although they were before this before it was sent down upon them in despair.