Losing Heart Quotes

“He waited for the black, terrible anger as though for some beast out of the night. But it did not come to him. His bowels seemed weighted with lead, and he walked slowly and lingered against fences and the cold, wet walls of buildings by the way. Descent into the depths until at last there was no further chasm below. He touched the solid bottom of despair and there took ease.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“Every profession that attracts people for reasons of the heart is a profession in which people, and the work they do, suffer from losing heart.”
― Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: A Guide for Reflection and Renewal