Hope

"Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to be."

"She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on."

"Cecie keeps telling him she’d like to take him home some night, husband or no. The Minotaur waits hopefully. Husband or no."

"The cold seemed less relentless now. The small circle of white light from my bedside lamp and its hint of the dawn to come seemed to drive the worst of the chill away and the hot tea did the rest, as I lay and read further into the life of the young woman in the bravado coat."

"To say goodbye, is to die a little. To say good morning, is a hope for a new sunshine in a cloudy winter."

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope."

"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."

"I love you so much, Sahra. You will do wonderful things. Have courage and believe in yourself."

"Be kind to humanity, she is very lonely, everyone is busy with themselves."

"But hoping, he said, is how the impossible can be possible after all."

"We're all just wandering around with our fingers crossed, hoping we'll meet someone who will make our lostness a little less lonely."

"I don't know when the boysbegan to walk away with parts of myselfin their sticky hands; when lovingbecame a process of subtraction. Or why,having given up what seems so much,I'm willing to lose even more — erasingall this body's known, relearning it with you."

"Upon hearing the news I felt completely emptied. Emptied of life, feeling, and hope. I felt as if my very soul had left my body."

"Dreams begin when you stop to pick up the penny - you realize the continual effort you must endure to have something worth obtaining."

"Anyone who can relax, clear their mind, and envision being different in some way—such as more successful, funny, healthy, wealthy, or wise—can quantum jump. To initiate a quantum jump requires keeping an open mind that you can experience another reality. It is important that you are able to sincerely desire and feel a connection to another reality, envisioning some way of making a connection with it through a bridge, a door, a window or a handshake."

"Hope as evidence of life. Life as evidence of death."

"You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker"

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners."

"Hope is holding on, praying expectantly. It's never giving up. It's never quitting."