“My heartbeat shall be hope.”

“Ao sairmos para o anoitecer dourado das ruas bizantinas, refleti como era estranho que, mesmo sob as circunstâncias mais extraordinárias, durante episódios mais perturbadores da vida, nos lugares mais distantes de casa e de tudo que nos é familiar, possam existir esses momentos de incontestável alegria.”

“A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light. It was made with bananas and pineapples and pecans and had a cream cheese frosting.She would make it light enough to float away.She reached over to open the window. To float to her daughter.”

“If you are alive, don’t ever lose hope.”

“Is there any hope for the dead?”

“We perish, when we lose hope.”

“Without hope, we are lifeless.”

“Hope is a joy of heart.”

“You are the future that will never become my past.”

“Hope is a fine killing thing.”

“Give into hope, I say, for fear will only paralyze. It is better to life a life of love amidst the pain than a life of apathy.”

“But where hope rises, fear must lurk behind.”

“Satan is a liar. He wants to steal our joy and replace it with hopelessness. When we’re up against a struggle and we think we can’t keep going, we can change that by praising God. Our chains will fall from us.Meese encouraged me by reminding me of the real reason we have for fully living this life. It’s to give everything we have to God–even the heartbreaks and pain. God is our reason to live.”

“No matter what happens to us, as long as we have hope, we shall recover.”