“Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.”
“He returns years later, has no demands.He wants only one, most precious thing:To see, purely and simply, without name,Without expectations, fears, or hopes,At the edge where there is no I or not-I.”
“There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.”
“There can be no hope without fear, and no fear without hope.”
“Doesn't our knowledge of death make life more precious?'What good is a preciousness based on fear and anxiety? It's an anxious quivering thing”
“Hope is sometimes fleeting, but always precious. Sad to say, when the battle began, most of my companions had no hope at all.”