My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Newtown, Connecticut right now.  Words like tragic and horrifying seem inadequate.    Anyway, I thought we could all do with some hope right now.

I hope, or I could not live. ~  The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells

From the death of each day’s hope another hope sprung up to live to-morrow. ~  The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep. ~  Villette by Charlotte Bronte