If you’re a pragmatic type, who walks through life with little expectations, who takes the good with the bad, never getting too high or too low, then hope is just another emotion. But if you’re a dreamer, one who imagines what life could be, but is not, then hope has an edge that can cut both ways.
https://medium.com/ellemeno/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-61fddc99e731