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Hope is like one of those orchids that grows around toxic waste: lovely in itself - and an assertion, if you like, of indefatigable good - but a sure sign that something nasty lies underneath.

— Rachel Cusk

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.

— Herman Melville

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

— Harlan Coben

Hope is trust in God's promises, faith that if we act now, the desired blessings will be fulfilled in the future.

— James E. Faust

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

— Vaclav Havel

Hope is the only good that is common to all men; those who have nothing else possess hope still.

— Thales

The point about hope is that it is something that occurs in very dark moments. It is like a flame in the darkness; it isn't like a confidence and a promise.

— John Berger

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

— Emily Dickinson

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing.

— Joyce Meyer

✗Opposing Perspectives

Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of infinite possibilities.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

— Lin Yutang