Joshua David BellinBut the truth, I realize now, is that I always hoped. Even if I knew my hope was a lie, I held on to it.
About This Quote
In her book, "The Last Mrs. Parrish," Anne Perry wrote a part of a letter from a woman to her husband after he had died. In the letter, she said: “Sometimes I think you were always a fool, but I hope you were never an idiot.” The woman was able to make the distinction between him being stupid and him being an idiot. There is wisdom in this quote. Why would someone like him be stupid? And if he was stupid, what would make him an idiot?
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