To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.

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"Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

- Erich Fromm

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"Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says: ‘I need you because I love you.’"

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"Mother’s love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved."

- Erich Fromm

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"Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'"

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"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"No one is beyond redemption."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."

- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

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"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."

- Cormac McCarthy

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"Light tomorrow with today."

- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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