Quotes About Hope

Depression has been likened to both a black cloud and a black dog. For someone like Kelsea, the black cloud is the right metaphor. She is surrounded by it, immersed within it, and there is no obvious way out. What she needs to do is try to contain it, get it into the form of the black dog. It will still follow her around wherever she goes; it will always be there. But at least it will be separate, and will follow her lead.

We remember what it was like to meet someone new. We remember what it was like to grant someone possibility. You look out from your own world and then you step into his, not really knowing what you'll find there, but hoping it will be something good. Both Ryan and Avery are doing this. You step into his world and you don't even realize your loneliness is missing. You've left it behind, and you don't notice because you have no desire to turn back.

If I'd managed any of these ifs-- would I have been able to avoid the inevitable fuck-up, the full-force fuck-off? My pride shut me up, my heart shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

I couldn't fault her for believing, because I had to imagine i was nice to have that illusion still intact.

I hope suffering don't exist.

When first love ends, most people eventually know there will be more to come. They are not through with love. Love is not through with them. It will never be the same as the first, but it will be better in different ways. I have no such consolation. This is why I cling so hard. This is why this is so hard.

And after the end?Another beginning.

you ask me what I'm looking for, and I outline you. you don't recognize the shape, offer other names. you say my time will come, and I hope.

I hope someday you will find me and remember what I once meant to you.

It is always an act of desperation, and I keep asking, even though I know it will never work the way I want it to.

better , adj. and adv. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better. Will it ever get better? It better.

A plan is a thing that goes unsaid, but puts the hope in your voice nonetheless.

In the darkest part of our hearts, we used to think that maybe they were right. We don't think that anymore.

We know what it's like to need to hold on. We hold on to you. Which is to say, we hold on to life.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.

As that famous homosexual Winston Churchill once said, if you find yourself heartbroken, keep walking.

It is always the ones who believe that are hurt the worst when things go wrong.

I see Nick's number. I debate whether to assign a name to his number. If I commit to that, then I will truly be heartbroken if he never calls me again; my heart will knot each and every time I use this phone and see his name in there. I would probably end up having to trash the phone entirely.

Wishing the best for you, knowing it was the worst of me.

yearning n. and adj. At te core of this desire is the belief that everything can be perfect.

We all want everything to be okay. We don't even wish so much for fantastic or marvelous or outstanding. We will happily settle for okay, because most of the time, okay is enough.

When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.

Maybe there's a way to keep us in this moment. Not the sad part. But the coming together part.