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Usually just a blip on the road to recovery from the despairing state. Common for the [[Broken Bird]] to feel it.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Literature ==
* In [[J. R. R. Tolkien|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Return of the King]]'', when Éomer asks why Éowyn is not lying in state like Théoden, he's told she's alive—and he feels both hope and fear.
{{quote|''Then hope unlooked-for came so suddenly to Éomer's heart, and with it the bite of care and fear renewed,''}}
* At one point in ''[[Labyrinths of Echo]]'', Sir Max remarks that the worst situation of all is not a complete hopelessness (because you have nothing to lose then, anyway) but one where there is only a tiny glimmer of hope, because you are paralyzed with fear of losing it, as well.
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