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Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die. ↗

— Jim Butcher

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You're just Little Miss Optimist, aren't you? Do you come with accessories, like a glass half full and lemons to make into lemonade, too? ↗

— Rachel Caine

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You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down ↗

— Charles Chaplin

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London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it. ↗

— Dorothy Parker

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Lighten up.” I yawned, pointing across the street to the diner. “If I got upset every time someone beat me, or chased me, or tried to rape me, I’d be crying in my cereal every morning. No one likes a whiner. ↗

— Mary Calmes

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Live with the assumption that every day it will rain. If it does, you were right. If it doesn’t, you were fortunate. ↗

— Zack W. Van

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What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error. ↗

— Raymond Aron

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Appreciate every little beautiful moment in every day of your life. Give it a try and you'll see the world from another perspective. ↗

— Thea Kristine May

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