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For every feared thing there is an opposing hope that encourages us.
— Umberto Eco · The Island of the Day Before
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The statement gives each object of fear a corresponding hope that can encourage us. It draws attention to the possibility opposed to what we dread. Read as reassurance, the line makes hope a counterweight to fear rather than promising that a feared outcome cannot happen.
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