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The Break-In

by Katherine Faulkner

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Dec 27, 2025 01:56AM

“My theory is that hope is a form of madness. A benevolent one, sure, but madness all the same. Like an irrational superstition--broken mirrors and so forth--hope's not based on any kind of logic, it's just unfettered optimism, grounded in nothing but faith in things beyond our control.”
― Benjamin Wood, The Bellwether Revivals

tags: hope, life-lessons, superstition

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“Bad things and good things can coexist,” Amaya says with a sad smile. “And we have to find the good where we can.”
― Christina Sweeney-Baird, The End of Men

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