"Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.“

-Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder quote about Hope: "Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous it is nothing if it is not ridiculous."

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