Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891) English statesman and poet
Part i, canto ii.
Lucile (1860)
“This is what it means to live on. When granted hope, a person uses it as fuel, as a guidepost to life. It is impossible to live without hope.”
— Haruki Murakami, book 1Q84
Source: 1Q84
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