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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.

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.

Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern

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Anne Lamott
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Approximate author period: c. 1954 AD · modern
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