"Our bird of hope was being denied the altitude it sought, just free enough to fly dangerously close to the reality of the treetops."

Hope, Freedom, Dream, Reality

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"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

Charlotte Eriksson, American Psychologist

Hope, Breath, Change, Self

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Hope, Being

"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

Hope, Humanity, Despair, Optimism

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Truth, Today, Power, Inspirational

"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Today, Happiness, Truth, Inspirational

"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Power, Truth, Regret, Inspirational

"They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food."

Stephen King, American Author

Hope, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Happiness

"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Hope, Faith, Poet, Labour

"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

Hope, Fear, Truth, Life, Power

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Hope, Survival, Optimism, Faith

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"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

Evil

"Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people don't."

Power

"It's a funny thing, one day you're living and the next day you're not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don't even know if I would want a warning if it was my time. I think I'd rather be surprised."

Mortality

"Everybody dies. It's no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning."

Mortality

"Now, it's time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that's gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin' a lie to his son from his death bed. What's the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?"

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"If the forest has a day of fire and the heat of the flames does not consume a special tree, it will still be changed; charred, but still standing."

Resilience

"If all you do is think about what you need, you're no better than an animal in the woods, and no smarter either. To be human, you've got to want. It makes you smarter and stronger."

Humanity

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"I took a breath and let it go and suddenly the air was crisper and my lungs lighter and suddenly there was him saying my name in different ways and I catch myself throwing glances in the mirror, seeing someone I don't know quite yet but I can't wait to, and that is the start of everything."

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

"We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings."

"Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home."

"I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness."

"The rest of it - and perhaps the best of it - is a permission slip: you can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

"They had discovered one could grow as hungry for light as for food."

"Only the poet or the saint can water an asphalt pavement in the confident anticipation that lilies will reward his labour."

"The paralyzing fear of being lost is fed solely by the irrational fear that we will never be found."

"I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for."

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"Evil stinks and it doesn't disappear just because you want it to. You can still smell it with your eyes closed."

"Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people don't."

"It's a funny thing, one day you're living and the next day you're not sometimes, whether you have plans or not. Wishes and wants get trumped by the reaper every time. I don't even know if I would want a warning if it was my time. I think I'd rather be surprised."

"Everybody dies. It's no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning."

"He knew that prejudice was a necessary part of the weak spirit of some men."

"The weak thrive on indulgence."

"Time does not heal, but it can liberate. A race run well can never be lost."

"Now, it's time for me to lock up and go. Listen to me. Lock up an empty building that's gonna be torn down. Makes no sense. Like an old man tellin' a lie to his son from his death bed. What's the point? Who besides yourself are you fooling?"

"If the forest has a day of fire and the heat of the flames does not consume a special tree, it will still be changed; charred, but still standing."

"If all you do is think about what you need, you're no better than an animal in the woods, and no smarter either. To be human, you've got to want. It makes you smarter and stronger."