Optimism Quote by Shalom Auslander

“Poor Jo tried desperately to be good, but her bosom enemy was always ready to flame up and defeat her, and it took years…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Desperation was one hell of a motivator.”

— Aly Martinez

“Monsieur Josserand died very quietly - a victim of his own honesty. He had lived a useless life, and he went off, worthy to…

— Émile Zola

“Actions fueled by desperation. They were the worst kinds of decisions, because desperate people could see the error of their ways and simply not…

— Emily Lloyd-Jones

“Why everybody liked him was what puzzled Jo, at first. He was neither rich nor great, young nor handsome, in no respect what is…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a…

— Louisa May Alcott

“But nobody did come, because nobody does: and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out if the…

— Thomas Hardy

“My biggest hope for Jacob is that moments like this won't happen. My biggest fear: that they will, and I won't always be there…

— Jodi Picoult

“He had experienced the fear of failure, which is frequently mistaken for failure. He made his resolve and he proceeded to work again. He…

— Melvin Ryder

“By now it was too late to call St. Jude. He chose an out-of-the-way patch of airport carpeting and lay it down to sleep.…

— Jonathan Franzen

“Impossible!' the professor said as he gazed at D in utter disbelief. He realized something for the first time - the young man before…

— Hideyuki Kikuchi

“And every time I did spectacularly well in my classes, and I'm here to tell you that I did spectacularly well, I could always…

— Benjamin Alire Sáenz