Hope is a horrible thing, you know. It's a plague. It's like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and someone just keep pulling it and pulling it." S T A T E OF WONDER

Ann Patchett
Hope is a horrible thing, you know. It's a plague....
Hope is a horrible thing, you know. It's a plague....
Hope is a horrible thing, you know. It's a plague....
Hope is a horrible thing, you know. It's a plague....
About This Quote

The same thing that makes hope a horrible thing is what makes it a wonderful thing. Hope is a wonderful thing, unless it is something that you are clinging to in the face of reality. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and someone just keep pulling it and pulling it. When you are surrounded by all the junk in the world, hope is the only thing that helps you to see beauty when your eyes can't.

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