There are only two

lasting bequests we can

hope to give our children

One of these is roots,

the other, wings.

Hope is the thing with

feathers that perches

in the soul

and sings

the tunes without the words

and never stops at all.

I choose to live without

hope to protect myself

from disappointment.

It's very effective!

Desire is the starting

point of all achievement,

not a hope, not a wish,

but a keen pulsating desire

which transcends everything.

The charm of fishing is that

it is the pursuit of what is

elusive but attainable

a perpetual series of

occasions for hope.

The present is the ever

moving shadow that divides

yesterday from tomorrow.

In that lies hope.