#superstition

My theory is that hope is a form of madness. A benevolent one, sure, but madness all the same. Like an irrational superstition--broken mirrors and so forth--hope's not based on any kind of logic, it's just unfettered optimism, grounded in nothing but faith in things beyond our control. ↗

— Benjamin Wood

#life-lessons #superstition #faith

Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't blame them. It's superstition: If you give assistance to the family in need... if you throw salt over your shoulder... if you don't step on the cracks, then maybe you'll be immune. Maybe you'll be able to convince yourself that this could never happen to you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#help #precaution #superstition #family

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dislikes #racism #religion #scepticism #stupidity

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ↗

— Helen Keller

#avoiding #children #danger #daring #does

Aaah ... when two Neptunes appear in the sky it is a sure sign that a midget in glasses is being born, Harry... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#superstition #sky

If a rooster crows while you're thinking about a man," the fortuneteller had once told Maria, "then he's the one you'll marry. ↗

— Karen Cecil Smith

#marriage

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#actual #actual process #closely #examining #i

I don't have any superstitions, but what I always travel with is my pillow and my coffee. ↗

— Natalie Coughlin

#any #coffee #i #i always #pillow

I tend to eat things in fours. I'll eat four nuts, four grapes, four chips at a time. I don't know why. It's not really a superstition. I don't think anything bad will happen if I don't, but three potato chips doesn't seem right. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#bad #chips #eat #four #fours

You'll almost encounter a superstition amongst musicians, people sort of go through strange rituals, what they need to do to write a song. ↗

— Dar Williams

#amongst #encounter #go #musicians #need