I might not be able to use the word "hope," but I could certainly use the word "optimism." I'm very optimistic. I don't feel that it helps to be pessimistic. At some point in my life I made a conscious decision that I would try to be optimistic - not blind to anything at all - but to always hear the way that had the best chance for happiness.
Louise ErdrichYou have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
Louise ErdrichTo love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.
Louise ErdrichI want to remember what bullshit looks like when weapons of mass destruction are diagrammed out and whacko "intelligence" is delivered in an ominous way to strike fear into people and especially to pull on the idealism and zeal of the young.
Louise Erdrich