Resignation and cynicism are easier, more self-soothing postures that do not require the raw vulnerability and tragic risk of hope. To choose hope is to step firmly forward into the howling wind, baring one’s chest to the elements, knowing that, in time, the storm will pass.

— Desmond Tutu in The Book of Joy, Avery, Ch. Loneliness: No Need for Introduction, p. 122, 2016