“One by one, drops fell from her eyes like they were on an assembly line -- gather, fall, slide... gather, fall, slide... each one commemorating something she had lost. Hope. Faith. Confidence. Pride. Security. Trust. Independence. Joy. Beauty. Freedom. Innocence.”— Lisi Harrison, amazon.com
“Never give up. It's like breathing — once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever,…”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.”— C.J. Redwine, amazon.com
“It's more like you meet someone, and you fall in love, and you hope that that person is the one — and then at some point, you have to put down your chips. You just have to make a commitment and hope that you're right.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“Falling in love is like getting hit by a truck and yet not being mortally wounded. just sick to your stomach, high one minute, low the next. Starving hungry but unable to eat. hot, cold, forever horny, full of hope and enthusiasm, with momentary depressions that wipe you out.”— Jackie Collins, amazon.com
“In what I've seen happen so far, the good usually wins. That's why I'm not afraid of a Trump presidency.”— Chance The Rapper, amazon.com
“All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.”— Landon Parham, amazon.com
“Hope is what makes you look outside the window to see if it's stopped raining. Hope is what makes you believe he'll text you back. Hope is why you buy your jeans a little tight... Hope is why you get out of bed in the morning, and why you dream at night. Hope is what makes us believe that things can…”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful? Concentrate on the good.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“An optimist is neither naive, nor blind to the facts, nor in denial of grim reality. An optimist believes in the optimal usage of all options available, no matter how limited. As such, an optimist always sees the big picture. How else to keep track of all that’s out there? An optimist is simply a pr…”— Vera Nazarian, amazon.com
“Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, even in the sunset of your life.”— Sri Chinmoy, amazon.com
“Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.”— Landon Parham, amazon.com
“I plead with you -- never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.”— Pope John Paul II, amazon.com
“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”— David Almond, amazon.com
“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That's all we know for sure. We can't create a new species or a new world. That's been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries. What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have…”— Carol Matas, amazon.com