Rachel Cusk Quotes

He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass.

A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

I don't have any expectations of anything.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.

You know, there are no guarantees on prognosis.

The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Hope is a risk that must be run.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.

Hope is but the dream of those who wake.

It's hard to speculate what tomorrow may bring.

I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

To me, nothing ever feels like a sure thing. I cling to that because it's very important you don't ever think anything is a sure thing.

To me, life, for all its privations, is a luminous thing. You have to risk it.

Blessed are those that nought expect, for they shall not be disappointed.

Most of us...are naturally more sanguine and hopeful than logic would justify. We seem to be so constituted that in the absence of any facts to go upon we are happy and self-satisfied; so that the effect of experience is continually to contract our hopes and aspirations