"Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible." ― Elizabeth Bowen Topic(s): Hope More From Elizabeth Bowen "Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk." "Fantasy is toxic: the private cruelty and the world war both have their start in the heated brain." "Education is not so important as people think." More In Hope "The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan."― Jared Diamond "A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even… without any hope of doing it well."― Oliver Herford "My actions constituted pure hacking that resulted in relatively trivial expenses for the companies involved, despite the government’s false claims."― Kevin Mitnick