“I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours.”

“Life changes, so you must hope.”

“All you must do is say ‘Once there was…’ and let your hoping find the words.”

“I’m still doing it. I’m still doing the thing I never do. I’m hoping. Or at least I’m trying on hope for size.”

“Hope isn’t poison, Lissa. Hope is the thing that keeps you going when everything is awful and dark and you don’t know which way to turn.”

“Hope is not some flimsy belief that things might somehow work out. Rather, hope is a belief in a God who’s already worked it out.”

“The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.”