Quotes About Hope

Lauraine Snelling

Mor had said she would pray for them. One side of Signe's mind said, Bosh, a waste of time. But the other side, the one that grew up praying and believing that God was indeed real and in His heaven, that He cared about His people here on earth and listened to their cries—that part fought to break free from the chest where she had banished it.

big house to the slave quarters was nothing short of miraculous as far as

things hoped for, the assurance of things unseen." "We must have faith." Kaaren closed the book in her lap. "Ja, we must," Ingeborg acknowledged. But

Lauraine Snelling

Knowing in her head that God knew of His plans for her and convincing her heart were two different things.

Some of the greatest blessings take a long time in coming, as God works out His plans.

Hope will lie to you, but lust is what it is; it never lies.

I laid my hand on top of theirs, and all I could think was, Is this how revolutions begin? Not with a proclamation or a riot, but with a few people in a room somewhere with their hands clasped and a purpose.

Without hope, love dies and parts of you wither.

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

If it works out, it's the best thing in the world. If it doesn't work out, it's like having your heart torn out and chopped up into little pieces while you watch. It leaves a big hollow space that never really heals.

They say not to look back, but if you're not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?

Because everything worth having hurts.

People go away and they don't come back.

When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood now that that was a child's wish. No one could promise that. No one. The grown-ups could try, but they couldn't promise, not and mean it.

I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle.

Out last chance is a cat's magic sight. We are doomed.

when you live forever and don't age, it gives you time to hope

I was learning that happily-ever-after was the beginning of the next chapter, not the end of the story.

Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together. I hated those moments, but I'd grown to understand that love, real love, is full of choices that make no sense, that should go horribly wrong, but you make the choice anyway. Why? Because love is about hope; you hope that this time it will be different.

I didn't believe in happily-ever-after, but I did believe in happier-than-we'd-ever-been, because I was living it.

Truth could be violent, could strip you of dignity and hope just as quickly as a gun.

hope is a lying bitch that strings you along with just enough promise that you don't want to give up.