Paul Auster Quotes

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

As long as one heart still holds on, then hope is never really gone

Hope? Hope is not the absence of tragedy, my friend. It is the conviction that tragedy can be endured. Hope is the spark in you that is not subdued in the face of the vast and callous indifference of the universe. Hope is that which is not shattered by hardship. Hope is the urge to fight what is wrong even when you know it will destroy you. Hope is the decision to love and need someone knowing that they will one day die. For me to promise that there are no obstacles would be the cruelest lie I could possibly tell. That lie is not hope. Hope is the will which needs no lies.

That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity. We lean into love, even in the most hideous circumstances. We manage to hope.

The man watched him. Real life is pretty bad? What do you think? Well, I think we're still here. A lot of bad things have happened but we're still here. Yeah. You don't think that's so great. It's okay.

It's the hope for all the hopeless in the worst of trying times.

Endure the present, and watch for better things.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

I always tell people, 'It'll get greater later' meaning that sometimes we have to pass through whatever it is. We know that we can get through it because others have.

Nothing is ever as bad as it seems. Nor does it ever last as long as you think.

Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueller. And the day after tomorrow is beautiful.

He was never without misery, and never without hope.

The child endures all things.

Bad times don't last, bad guys do.

The miserable have no other medicine But only hope.

I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all.

Lifes strange ,times change, but karma always finds the way. Stay strong, hold on. Don’t let all your dreams fade away. Yeah life can beat you down, what goes it comes around It’s not how you hit the ground, it’s how fast you get back up. And go, keep going ,till it feels like I’m giving my life away Gets hard,and harder, happiness is worth the wait.

As individuals, we know that suffering is temporary, and hope is eternal.

Don't give up. There are lessons to be learned even in the most horrendous pain. And you don't know that when you're young.

It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.

He who cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

Theirs is the banner in my hand. And I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on. Man, not men. ~Equality 7-2521 (as Prometheus), pgs 103-104

I want to talk about hope. Are we going to be completely lambasted by things we don't see coming? Yeah. Is it going to damage the human race and hurt us? Probably many times. Are we going to get over it? Absolutely. Are we going to move through it? Yes.