"Marisa’s
journey in this film is finding a balance in her life, between
doing what’s good for her and her son, and realizing that
it’s okay to want more and to go after it."
--That’s how Jennifer Lopez sums up her role as the
hotel worker who risks it all for a chance at romance in Maid
in Manhattan.
He
who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything.
-- ARABIAN PROVERB
Behind
the cloud the starlight lurks,
Through showers the sunbeams fall;
For God, who loveth all his works
Has left his hope with all!
-- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807?1892)
Hope
has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience
as a vestment, it will wade through a sea of blood, it will endure
all things if it be of the right kind, for the joy that is set
before it. Hence patience is called ?patience of hope,? because
it is hope that makes the soul exercise patience and long-suffering
under the cross, until the time comes to enjoy the crown.
--JOHN BUNYAN (1628?1688)
As
long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or
platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins
to be a strength. Like all the Christian virtues, it is as unreasonable
as it is indispensable.
-- G. K. CHESTERTON (1874?1936)
Dark
things reach out toward brightness.
-- EUGENIO MONTALE (1896?1981)
Do
not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear;
rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose
you are, will deliver you out of them. He is your Keeper. He has
kept you hitherto. Hold fast to his dear hand, and he will lead
you safely through all things; and, when you cannot stand, he
will bear you in his arms. Do not look forward to what may happen
tomorrow. Our Father will either shield you from suffering, or
he will give you strength to bear it.
-- SAINT FRANCIS OF SALES (1567?1622)
