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Shakesthecoffecan:
"Hope is a terrible thing, she said.
Is it?
Yes, it keeps you living in another place, a place which dosen't
exist.
For some people it's better than where they are. For many it's a
relief.
From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living?
Some people don't have a choice.
No, and that's alful for them.
Hope is no better than misery, he said. Or despair.
Hope belongs in the same box as despair.
Hope is not so bad, he said.
At least despair has truth to it.
You're in a dark mood today.
She tried a smile. It's all this time I spend with my eyes shut. She
closed her eyes. I stopped hoping with you right away.
Did you?"
Ann Grant and Harris Arden, EVENING, by Susan Minot, pg. 179
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on September 09, 2007, 07:32:34 pm ---"Hope is a terrible thing, she said.
Is it?
Yes, it keeps you living in another place, a place which dosen't
exist.
For some people it's better than where they are. For many it's a
relief.
From life, she said. A relief from life? Is that living?
Some people don't have a choice.
No, and that's alful for them.
Hope is no better than misery, he said. Or despair.
Hope belongs in the same box as despair.
Hope is not so bad, he said.
At least despair has truth to it.
You're in a dark mood today.
She tried a smile. It's all this time I spend with my eyes shut. She
closed her eyes. I stopped hoping with you right away.
Did you?"
Ann Grant and Harris Arden, EVENING, by Susan Minot, pg. 179
--- End quote ---
Well thats cheery! :(
Hope you are ok!
I am hopful that we are going to have fun this weekend!! ;D
Shakesthecoffecan:
We will, and Jess yeah that is exactly what I thought! :-*
Br. Patrick:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on September 09, 2007, 07:32:34 pm ---"Hope is a terrible thing, she said..."
--- End quote ---
I've heard of "faith, hope and charity" or more recently "faith, hope and Love" all of my life. Faith and Love I had pretty much figured out but it was only within the last month or so that I started wondering about "hope." So, I looked it up in my American Heritage College Dictionary and I love what it says:
"To wish for something with the expectation of fulfillment"; "to look forward to with confidence or expectation" It gives EXPECT as a synonym!
so, "Hope is NOT such a terrible thing, he said..."
{{{{pieces of peace until peaced out}}}}
br. p
ifyoucantfixit:
Still hoping to see you this weekend. Sorry I think hope is a good thing. You can always deal with the alternative if you have to. But in the mean time it is better to keep up with believing for the favored outcome..I learned that personally very recently.
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