Actual performance, the good deed, the realisation of the project, keeping one’s word, all make hope’s promises real.
Jack McLean
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Hope as Creative Fiction, Gulf Islands Driftwood, 1997; Complete sentence; full essay read on author’s website. McLean’s own closing argument about acting on hope, not the Northrop Frye quotation in the opening.
- Hope as Creative Fiction, Gulf Islands Driftwood, 1997
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