Giulia Desiderati > Giulia's Quotes

“Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.”
― Joyce Carol Oates

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”
― Mark Twain

“I will be the first to admit that I am a pessimist by nature. It is, after all, the wisest way to be. We pessimists have everything to gain, whereas optimists have a fifty-fifty chance of being disappointed.”
― Tamar Myers, As the World Churns