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• It's only hopeless if you walk away.
• Marge: Well kids, I tried, but maybe you're right. Home
  Wait a minute, Marge. Love isn't hopeless. Maybe I'm no expert on the subject, but there was one time I got it right....
• Bob: You do know I used to have a...problem with trying to kill people.
  Cecil: Goodness! I had no idea! For you see, I have been on Mars for the past decade, in a cave with my eyes shut, and my fingers in my ears....
• The "Man From Hope" is now hopeless.
• That is utterly preposterous.
• When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about. -- Edward Abbey
• Bob: I, I'm older, I get the top bunk. Cecil: Oh, poppycock, I called it at the arraignment.
  [Bob is victorious.] [Cecil brushes himself off] So, when do they bring us the menus?...
• You single-handedly fought your way into this hopeless mess.
• Bob: You can't do this! I saved the children's lives, I'm a hero!
  Cecil: [craftily] Tell them they'll live to regret this....