Isak Dinesen said that she wrote a little every day, without hope and without despair. I like that.

To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing

For a long time I wanted to do the kind of work my dad did. He was going to ask his foreman at the mill to put me on after I graduated. So I worked at the mill for about six months. But I hated the work and knew from the first day I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life.

The Day the Music Died

If you're feeling low, don't despair. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.

Taking each day as it comes simply means that you know what you would like to achieve the following day and not hoping for something to happen.