...hope and trust will more reliably keep a man afloat, while fear is more like to sink him.

Hope lies in action

...in a world where McDonald's now sells salads with low-fat dressing, anything is possible.

Perseverance is impossible if we don't permit ourselves to hope.

Terror and pleasure are linked in us. We are a baldly miswired species, Martie. Terror delights us, both the experience of terror and the dealing out of it to others. We are healthier if we admit to this miswiring and do not struggle to be better than our natures allow.

For a long time things were so bad. Very bad. Dark even when there was light.
The only thing that kept the dark back was the Forever Shiny Thing that was her secret...
It is a word...the word hangs on a silver chain. The word is HOPE.