Quotes About Hope

I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is suddenly very clear: Richard is not fallin in love with me and I'm not falling in love with Richard. We are not creating anything permanent or special. We are only having fun together. It is a fling- a fling just like he said last night- a fling with an ending yet to be determined. I feel relieved to have it defined

You'll be dancing once again and the pain will end, You'll have no time for grievin'.

What's the point of being sad? he says. We're here now.

We may not get do-overs in life, but we can always have fresh starts and new beginnings.

Because Marian was the love of my life. For a long time. And that's the kind of information you share when you're young and stupid and hoping that you're in something that is going to be even bigger and better than what you once lost. It's the kind of shit you waste your time thinking about. Lemme tell you -- it does no good.

I have one final hope, If I get double sixes, maybe he will change his mind, come back to me. As if to cast a magic spell, I blow on the dice just as Dex did...Just as it happened with our first roll, one die lands before its mate. On a six! I hold my breath. For a brief second, I see a mess of dots, and think I have boxcars again. I kneel, staring at the second die. It is onle a five. I have rolled an eleven, It is as if someone is mocking me, saying, Close, but no dice.

so much of how we see the world is a matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and wanting and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

But now I can see that there is redemption and beauty in an accident emanating from love.

I think of how emotions seem so magnified when you're a child. Joy is more all-encompassing, disappointments more crushing, hope more palpable.

I know by now that you can't control your life, no matter how hard you try. That inevitably people leave and disappoint and die. But there is one constant, one thing you can always count on: that not only does love come first, but in the end, it is the only thing that remains.

But there is one constant, one thing you can always count on: that not only does love come first, but in the end, it is the only thing that remains.

Second chances are rare and wonderful.

Well, anyway… it's over," I say, realizing that those two words lump me right in with a hoard of naive women who say it's over while praying it's not, looking for any shred of hope, insisting that they only want closure when what they really want is that one last conversation disguised as seeking closure while they work to keep the door open for more.

I've chased you in my dreams for a long time now

So much of how we see the world is the matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

reckless abandon and know that there will be someone

thinking that so much of how we see the world is a matter of interpretation. A matter of wishing and wanting and hoping rather than really deep-down believing.

A feeling that I know so little about the world. And maybe the tiniest bit of excitement that there are real possibilities in life, too.

Look on the bright side. Be grateful for what you have. Count your blessings. Optimism is the foundation of courage.

He was a symbol of independence and possibility. The ultimate fantasy.

Some things will never be okay.

Maybe someday I would be happy. —

She says that everyone creates a version of her life that she wishes were true and tries to believe.

endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.