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I picked up pandora's jar. the spirit of hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container. "hestia," i said, "i give this to you as an offering." the goddess tilted her head. "i am the least of the gods. why would you trust me with this?" "you're the last olympian," i said. "and the most important." "and why is that, percy jackson?" "because hope survives best at the hearth," i said. "guard it for me, and i won't be tempted to give up again."

-Rick Riordan

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I Picked Up Pandora's Jar. The Spirit

Rick Riordan

I picked up pandora's jar. the spirit of hope fluttered inside, trying to warm the cold container. "hestia," i said, "i give this to you as an offering." the goddess tilted her head. "i am the least of the gods. why would you trust me with this?" "you're the last olympian," i said. "and the most important." "and why is that, percy jackson?" "because hope survives best at the hearth," i said. "guard it for me, and i won't be tempted to give up again."

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And then the spirit brings hope, hope in the strictest christian sense, hope which is hoping against hope. for an immediate hope exists in every person; it may be more powerfully alive in one person than in another; but in death every hope of this kind dies and turns into hopelessness. into this night of hopelessness (it is death that we are describing) comes the life-giving spirit and brings hope, the hope of eternity. it is against hope, for there was no longer any hope for that merely natural hope; this hope is therefore a hope contrary to hope.

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