Hope is a dangerous thing, amirite?

No, bears are a dangerous thing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It is, but so are its opposites--despair and apathy.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How is hope a dangerous thing?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think they're referring to when you have too high of hopes and as a result end up really disappointed.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I would say expectations are a bad thing then, but definitely not hope

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Isn't hope, in a way, an expectation for things to get better?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I feel like hope is more faith based though, and can carry you through. While having expectations usually leads to a downfall

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Interesting. I guess voting on this post would all just depend on how you look at the concept of hope.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Personally, I think hope is the best thing someone can have because, even if something goes wrong, you can just hope for something new

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hope is the thing with feathers

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Is this a hunger games reference?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's how I choose to take it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

In the words of the monks: hope is a distraction.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

"There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow" - Orison Swelt Marden

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Pandora's Box always comes to mind when someone talks about the dangers of hope

by Anonymous 13 years ago