“For there is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and to have recovered hope.”
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Eliot, G. (n.d.). For there is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and to have recovered hope. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/13742-for-there-is-no-despair-so-absolute-as/
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Eliot, George. “For there is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and to have recovered hope.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/13742-for-there-is-no-despair-so-absolute-as/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Eliot, George. “For there is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and to have recovered hope.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/13742-for-there-is-no-despair-so-absolute-as/.