--- title: "1 Pray Hope Quotes By Alysha Speer" description: "1 Pray Hope quotes by Alysha Speer. Plus more from Alysha Speer and more Pray Hope sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/alysha-speer-14552_depression_depression-weighs-you-down-like-a-rock-i_1928685.jpg" --- > [“Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. You don't stand a chance. You can fight and pray and hope you have the strength to swim, but sometimes, you have to let yourself sink. Because you'll never know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/depression-weighs-you-down-like-a-rock-in-a-river-you-don-t-stand-a/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc3/alysha-speer-14552_depression_depression-weighs-you-down-like-a-rock-i_1928685.jpg) ## More by Alysha Speer > [“On a second note, though, I have something to say about pain. There are lots of kinds of pain. Pain of smashing your fingers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/on-a-second-note-though-i-have-something-to-say-about-pain-there-are/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“They see you, but they don't really see you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/they-see-you-but-they-don-t-really-see-you/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“There are so many things to say; so many things that can't really be said. So much has happened; so little has changed. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/there-are-so-many-things-to-say-so-many-things-that-can-t-really-be/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“The truth doesn't mind being told every once in a while.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/the-truth-doesn-t-mind-being-told-every-once-in-a-while/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“When a poet settled down to write a poem, could he foresee the lines he would write? Did his head constantly spin with riddles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/when-a-poet-settled-down-to-write-a-poem-could-he-foresee-the-lines/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“Once upon a raindrop, I landed on Depression. My umbrella broke and broke me with it's bones. It hurt but didn't, and it eased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/once-upon-a-raindrop-i-landed-on-depression-my-umbrella-broke-and/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“There is pain in these eyes that you don't see. There is hurt in this heart that's killing me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/there-is-pain-in-these-eyes-that-you-don-t-see-there-is-hurt-in-this/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“And though I was currently living a fairy tale, some part of my soul knew that happiness couldn't last forever. I didn't deserve a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/and-though-i-was-currently-living-a-fairy-tale-some-part-of-my-soul/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/you-never-really-know-what-s-coming-a-small-wave-or-maybe-a-big-one/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“Oh, the time we spent alone The hours wishing we could have it back again Lie in bed awake wishing for each other”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/oh-the-time-we-spent-alone-the-hours-wishing-we-could-have-it-back/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“He leaned down and kissed my forehead. The soft melody of his lips was calming. I closed my eyes. I could smell his human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/he-leaned-down-and-kissed-my-forehead-the-soft-melody-of-his-lips-was/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“It will always come and go. All you can do is hold on to the happy moments once the sad ones wash in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/it-will-always-come-and-go-all-you-can-do-is-hold-on-to-the-happy/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“There are moments in life that feel so perfect and so real. These are the moments that you live for. The moments you never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/there-are-moments-in-life-that-feel-so-perfect-and-so-real-these-are/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“Never be afraid to be sexy!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/never-be-afraid-to-be-sexy/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) > [“You always say the right thing I don't remember you saying wrong You make me laugh All the time Always there for me you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alysha-speer/you-always-say-the-right-thing-i-don-t-remember-you-saying-wrong-you/) [Alysha Speer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alysha-speer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pray-hope/alysha-speer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Pray Hope Quotes By Alysha Speer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Depression weighs you down like a rock in a river. 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