Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a person emboldened and resistant. Too little leaves them disabled and useless. But just the right amount of hope subjugates them. They cradle it like a dying ember, and they'll do anything to keep the wind from extinguishing it. They'll serve. R.J. Lawrence
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When the world is in a crisis, hope is the first casualty. A crisis can make someone become more powerful. But hope can also make someone less powerful. Like an ember dying out, hope can’t live without fuel.

Like a dying ember, it can be rejuvenated with fuel. A single spark can burn bright, but if you’re smothered by too many sparks, they become uncoordinated and chaotic.

Source: The Xactilias Project

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