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1 " That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse! "
― Jesse Ball , The Curfew
2 " What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray. "
― Montesquieu , Persian Letters
3 " It dawned on her as she grew older, that fairy tales instilled false hopes in people, and that no white knights existed in this world. The mothers should be well aware of that aspect of reality, so why they fed their daughters with the same crap for centuries baffled her. "
― Alexis Lawrence , O.U.R. Café
