“Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.”

“You tell me there is no fighting or hatred or desire in the Town. That is a beautiful dream, and I do want your happiness. But the absence of fighting or hatred or desire also means the opposites do not exist either. No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without despair or loss, there is no hope.”

“The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can't stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope--and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend up on it) disappoint us.”

“Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair.”

“Without hope, there is no despair. There is only meaningless suffering.”

“...sorrow binds us - I will always cherish you - my only disillusionment is unspoken words ...”