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41 " The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts. "
― Alain de Botton
42 " 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 done and create a world based on hate. Or we can try to make things better. "
― Carol Matas , Daniel's Story
43 " Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed. "
― J.R.R. Tolkien , The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
44 " what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. "
45 " Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope. "
46 " And I sometimes think that a moment of touching is the difference between complete utter despair and the ability to carry on. "
― Eleanor Cameron , The Court of the Stone Children (Stone Children, #1)
47 " He never had any real hope in the affair from the beginning;but being a cheerful hobbit he had not needed hope,as long as despair could be postponed. "
48 " Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with. "
― Bethany Griffin , Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)
49 " To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing "
― Raymond Williams
50 " Reality is, Hope and Despair lie in the same places. And they're just a matter of perspective.What changed my perspective, was her. "
― Richie Singh , Chasing Butterflies
51 " When in despair… when in fear… when in doubt… make something. "
― Brian K. Friesen , At the Waterline
52 " We are in despair because we don’t know the Lord. "
― Lailah Gifty Akita ,
53 " It is because of pain that you value pleasure, sorrow that you value joy, despair that you value hope, war that you value peace, and hate that you value love. "
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54 " The world has enough deceit, decay, and despair; be different. "
― , Successful Failures: Recognizing the Divine Role That Opposition Plays in Life's Quest for Success
55 " Embrace life with hope than despair. "
56 " When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something. "
― Dmitri Shostakovich