It’s a vulnerable position to put yourself in: to believe in something better, despite all the signs that you’ll be disappointed.
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Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The PEN Ten, interview with Alejandro Heredia, PEN America, January 26, 2023; Complete sentence in answer 3 on the vulnerability of hope. Full original interview read. Her own words preceding discussion of Rebecca Solnit, not a poem or a Solnit quotation. 21 words.
- The PEN Ten, interview with Alejandro Heredia, PEN America, January 26, 2023
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