"Hope is the worst of evils,
for it prolongs the torment of man."
—Friedrich Nietzsche
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul,
and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all."
—Emily Dickenson
"I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head.
I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel,
a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.
I hope I can make it across the border.
I hope to see my friend and shake his hand.
I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams.
I hope."
—Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding