“Emma laughed darkly. “It’s a completely mad idea, I know. But my brain is a hope-making engine.””I’m so glad,” I said. “Mine is a worst-case-scenario generator.””We need each other, then.””Yes. But we already knew that, I think.”

“I have hope for you, if only because you’re the only one left to hope for.”

“Your guardian angel never, ever stops communicating with you. I feel that at times they should be frustrated with us but they seem to have endless patience and they never ever give up on us. ”

“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.”

“A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he’ll be judged and thrown away from the circle of clowns. And yet he needs acceptance and security from sick society, which is discriminatory far too often. But a man is blinded by other people opinions. He wants to fly and they say, “You moron, you can’t do that, it’s forbidden, it’s stupid.” And a man gives up on his dreams.”

“And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it’s a friend you need let it be me”

“I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.”

“I promise I’ll never tell.””Don’t promise that,” he said in an ultraserious voice. “If they try to hurt you and the only way to protect yourself is to tell them what you know about me, then you tell them. Straight off, okay?””No.” “Promise me.””No!””I will possess your heart.”Heat flared along the back of my neck. “What did you say?””My favorite song. ‘I Will Possess Your Heart.'””By Death Cab for Cutie?”He snorted. “No, the little known T.I. Hip-hop remix. Yes, Death Cab for Cutie.”… “Why? What’s wrong with it?””Nothing, but it doesn’t seem to fit you. It’s kind of a sad song.” “No it’s pure confident. It’s not ‘I want’ or ‘I need’, none of that crap.” He slipped his hand over mine. “It’s ‘I will.'”A nervous laugh bubbled up. “You will, huh?”His fingers brushed my cheek, then slid into my hair. “I will.”

“Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.”

“I’m really hoping he’s being genuine because I can already tell he isn’t the kind of guy a girl gets a simple crush on. He’s the kind of guy you fall hard for, and the thought of that terrifies me. I don’t really want to fall hard for anyone at all, especially someone who’s only making an effort because he thinks I’m easy. I also don’t want to fall for someone who has already branded himself hopeless. But I’m curious. So curious.”

“Should we continue to look upwards? Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished? The ideal is terrifying to behold… brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it: nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds.”

“Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.”

“There is hope in forgiveness”

“Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air…but only for one second without hope.”

“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”