“There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

“I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from which someone has left you, but there is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.”

“It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.”

“Hope is a demon. It convinces you to believe in something better, persuades you the outcome will be favorable, and whispers eagerly in your ear that the miracle you so desperately need will happen. Then it crushes you. Hope only leaves you fallen and bleeding in its aftermath, nothing more than a pile of misery and desolation.”

“The whole world was nothing but an exile with no hope of a return.”

“Hope is a critical thing. Whithout it, we are nothing. Hope shapes will. The will shapes the world.”