“Hope is something God gives us. Hope is...Hope is a bright light on a dark night. If your hope is guiding you into this shore, then this is where you should drop your anchor.”

“Hope was other people, no matter what the philosophers said. And this was a time that needed hope.”

“...I always feel like a better person when I'm on the water. The air smelled cleaner here. The water seemed purer. She wanted to strip off her clothes and dive off the side of the boat and let the ...”

“Faye keeps forgetting what she'll be giving up if she decides to stay here. Access to modern medicine, for starters. In 2015 people can survive cancer, tuberculosis, scarlet fever. Vaccines eradica...”

“It's been a long time since I felt something like hope. Don't ask me to give it up for Netflix and a Prius.”

“Youre white. Youre straight. Youre well educated, healthy and beautiful. Every time is for people like you.”

“Appreciate what you have to get more of what you want.”

“You do not know what is better before you have tried what is worse.”

“Not until we leave bad situations for worst situations, we shall least value and appreciate bad situations which shield us from the worst situation”

“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.”

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be aliveto breathe, to think, to enjoy, to lovethen make that day count!”