The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.
John Berger
Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.
Mark Twain
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?
George Carlin
Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
Octavia Butler
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.
Gustave Flaubert
Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way.
Stanisław Lem
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
We never know the quality of someone else's life, though we seldom resist the temptation to assume and pass judgement.
Tami Hoag