Wide-Eyed Idealist/Quotes

"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."

—Warhammer 40000 Thought for the Day

"The pessimists went into exile; the optimists went to the Death Camps."

—Jewish Joke about the Holocaust

"The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave, impartially."

—Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms

"Dear God - she has an actual skip in her step."

—Dr. Cox, Scrubs, describing Dr. Molly Clock.

"Even in the darkness

Every color can be found,

And every day of rain brings water flowing

To things growing in the ground.

—Penny, Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog

I heard it was you

Talkin' 'bout a world where all is free

It just couldn't be,

And only a fool would say that
—Steely Dan, "Only A Fool Would Say That"

"Hope is what keeps us strong. It is why we are here. It is what we fight with when all else is lost."

—Pandora, God of War III

"If someone says it's wrong to hope,

I will tell them that they're wrong every time.

I could tell them that countless times!".
—Madoka, Puella Magi Madoka Magica