Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like, such as reading to your little boy, or showing him a thing you love, or singing him a song, or putting on his shoes keeps the devil down in the hole. — Nick Cave
Brilliantcrank in Hopefulness Is the Warrior Emotion That Keeps the Devil Down in the Hole.