“Hope and belief. I'd always wanted hope, but never believed that I could have such an adventure on my own. That I could own it. And love it. But it happened.”

“I had been allowed to believe in man's innate goodness for the twenty-two years of my life, and I had hoped to carry the belief with me to my grave. I wanted to think that all people could have what they wanted, that there was no inherent conflict between competing interests, and that, if tragedies had to happen, they were not something mere human beings could control.”

“But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains!”

“I was hoping against hope he'd refill his Prozac so we could be in love again, but, sadly, that never happened.”

“I always want her to know she is loved. But I will make my own mistakes, I know. I can only hope that she will forgive me for those; forgiveness is all a parent can hope for.”

“It wasn’t about the fantasy. That wasnow replaced with hope and belief that it could happen, for real.”