A moment when the light ceases. When hope fades. Hopelessness. It is not just fleeting sadness. It is a feeling of nothingness. That all paths are blocked. And that effort is futile. It is a heavy feeling that weighs down the soul. Freezes movement. It can be harsh. Destructive. But even in the deepest moments of darkness. There is always a faint glimmer. These quotes explore this difficult human condition. And remind us that light may return.
āSo to be sick unto death is, not to be able to die-yet not as though there were hope of life; no, the hopelessness in this case is that even the last hope, death, is not available. When death is the greatest danger, one hopes for life; but when one becomes acquainted with an even more dreadful danger, one hopes for death. So when the danger is so great that death has become one's hope, despair is the disconsolateness of not being able to die.ā
āBut Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a suitable crate with a few air holes; what mainly prevented the family from moving was their complete hopelessness and the thought that they had been struck by a misfortune as none of their relatives and acquaintances had ever been hit.ā
