Edwidge DanticatPeople are just too hopeful, and sometimes hope is the biggest weapon of all to use against us. People will believe anything.
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The power of hope is a powerful one. When people have hope, they can accomplish so many things. When someone tells them to do something, they believe what the other person is telling them, without thinking it through. They can so easily believe something that is not true, and this can be a very dangerous thing for people to fall into.
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