Take everything away from a man — leave him with nothing — but do not take away a man's hope. I think it is a necessary condition in a human being that he be with some kind of hope, some kind of dream, however small it is or how absurd. One cannot go on, I think, without something that tells us at least from time to time that somehow this thing called life is worth the bother. Worth it to wake up in the morning and do all those things you need to do (great and small) to survive in this world, in this society, in one's own biography. Some little candle burning somewhere.
I believe that perhaps any small thing will suffice, for it takes only a little hope to get us through. Just enough strength, as we write the story of our lives, just enough for us to turn the page. I think that's all it takes.
Jim