Quotes about Hope

For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none. If there be one, seek till you find it; If there be none, never mind it. MOTHER GOOSE

The nature of love had totally escaped her until now. She had thought that if you lost it, you could never get it back, like a stone thrown down a well. But it was like the water at the bottom of the well, there when you can't even see it, shifting in the dark.

Loss does different things to different people. Some fall apart. Some, like the Finder, rebuild. I have done both. I have crawled under my table and refused to come out. I have covered myself with thorns and tattoos. I have planted a garden, reached out to my neighbors, begun to write down my story.

It was best to step into the future while it was still waiting for you.

That's all someone in the grip of obsession needs: the single possibility that desire might be real, a tiny shred of evidence to show you're not all alone in the dark.

The future was spun from moments like this. If she backed away, it might all unravel.

Read as many books as you can. Choose courage over caution. Take time to visit libraries. Look for light in the darkness.

Never be without thread," she told the girl. "What is broken can also be mended. Remember that in your dark days, as I have.

And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some peoples moan and groan. P.238

Well, sometime Mr —— git on me pretty hard. I have to talk to Old Maker. But he my husband. I shrug my shoulders. This life soon be over, I say. Heaven last all ways. You ought to bash Mr —— head open, she say. Think bout heaven later.

My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?

This is the true wine of astonishment: We are not over when we think we are.