
From a tape recording (1977-11-18) to be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), p. 277
A version of his staple "Hope Speech," quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), p. 363
From a tape recording (1977-11-18) to be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), p. 277
Source: Life Beyond Measure (2008), twenty-third letter — The World I Leave You, p. 273
“Forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a better past.”
Variant: Who was it who said that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past?
Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“I hope our DVD comes out better than this!”
Rachel on the low quality of the bootleg copy of Off & On Broadway skit
Off & On Broadway documentary (2006)
“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.”
"Zhang Yimou TalkAsia Interview Transcript" in CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/31/talkasia.zhang.script/ (14 May 2005)
“The only hope for the doomed is no hope at all.”
Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book II, Line 354. Variant translation: The only safe course for the defeated is to expect no safety.