Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak shit anyone can throw at us.

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

“We're hoping that 2006 and several events coming up that make people eat more sweets -- the World Cup, for instance -- will increase consumption again by 1 or 2 percent.”

“I can't blame people for wanting their flood insurance dropped the day it goes into effect. I hope we can do ours faster than anyone else.”

“This election was about you, the people who live here the victory is yours. I will take your hopes to Ottawa. I will work with a strong and united team of New Democrats.”

“It is sad when you lose one. It's definitely not something you're looking forward to. But there's no time to dwell on that. There's so much hope in the future for the rest of them.”

“They are very good people. They helped me and my 12-year-old son. I just hope they can keep it open because they do help the people in this community.”

“When you take a stock that's riding on vapors, a lot of promise and hope that the next big thing will be around the corner, something like this does make you think.”

“It's perfectly possible that students will not graduate this year. Unless the employers respond to our claim in a sensible way, this is a real possibility. We certainly hope it doesn't happen, but it may.”

“What we are doing is nothing compared to the suffering of Iraqis. We hope that our government will wake up to the fact that thousands of innocent people are dying because of their political ambitions.”