Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to packag…

Ann Patchett
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Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.43, A&C Black
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Hope is a horrible thing, you know. I don't know who decided to package hope as a virtue because it's not. It's a plague. Hope is like walking around with a fishhook in your mouth and somebody just keeps pulling it and pulling it. ✨ Ann Patchett (2011). State of Wonder, p.43, A&C Black

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