“the unbearable persistence of hope”

“There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief.”

“I had hoped for a pinch of metaphor.”

“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.”

“One of the very first things I figured out about life...is that it's better to be a hopeful person than a cynical, grumpy one, because you have to live in the same world either way, and if you're hopeful, you have more fun.”

“My thoughts kept straying onto random paths...hoping to get lost in a thicket.”

“For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest.”