When you stubbornly give one man a chance, you arbitrarily deny it to another one.

the failure of hope has a name: it is called suffering.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being

cruelty. Cruelty toward others, coupled with hypersensitivity toward any slight to oneself. Reading Dennis’s books, articles, and interviews,

Alas,we who wanted kindness, could not be kind ourselves.

Abandon hope.

Life, that can shower you with so much slendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up.

Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.

…trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement.

I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn

Cruelty is a terrible thing. I believe it is the worst human sin.

Wishing just brought earned disappointment.

When hope is gone, time is punishment.