
Hopeful things
A collection of books, movies, quotes, YouTube videos, and songs that, somehow, remind me of hope: the universal human loop, and the most brilliant thing humans ever felt. (This list is regularly updated!)
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Books

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver · 2020

La ridícula idea de no volver a verte
Rosa Montero · 2021

Winnie-the-Pooh and Other Delightful Stories (Painted Edition)
A. A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard · 2023

The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova · 2024
Quotes, sayings, reminders, etc.
“Don’t worry about things not working out, just work at things everyday.”
— @betsylerner on TikTok

“There is a crack in everything, that is how the light gets in.”
— Leonard Cohen

“We are vast creatures, so never reaching an end-point of success
must mean we are, at all times, shooting higher.” — Myself in a journal entry some months ago

“The practice is the point. You’re always growing and improving.”
— Also my maths tutor

“Perfection is the antithesis of progress.”
— Somebody in a TikTok comment section

“You are always closer to the solution than you think.”
— My maths tutor from two years ago

“Success is also very much in the eye of the observer.”
— Audrey Hepburn

“If shame and guilt really were a motivator, you would’ve changed
by now.” You might be convinced self-torture helps you improve, but it doesn’t.

“You’re a walking love letter! You inspire the people around you.”
— One of my friends, I can’t remember very well

“A dream that you don’t fight for can haunt you for the rest of your life.”
— Stanley Tucci

At least with gratitude, you’re a magnet for miracles
Preferred thanking while crying over complaining.

You may return to your heart without shame
You’ll lose yourself from time to time. It happens. Don’t feel so guilty so as to never allow yourself carefree happiness again.
YouTube videos

despite everything, i will continue on
YouTube

how to add joy and whimsy into your life
YouTube

dear diary... the sun is in my blood again
YouTube

Soviet animation The Tree and the Cat + Eng subtitles
YouTube
Movies

The LEGO Batman Movie

Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson · 2009
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

WALL·E
Andrew Stanton · 2008
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

Beautiful Boy
Felix van Groeningen · 2018
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki · 2013
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

Dead Poets Society
Peter Weir · 1989
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
Music: no lyrics

L'amore dice Ciao (Main Titles) - Remastered
Song · Armando Trovajoli

Easy Lovers
Song · Piero Piccioni

The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Song · Gustav Holst, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Angels in the Architecture
Song · Frank Ticheli, Orit Amy Eylon, University of Texas at El Paso Symphonic Winds, Ron Hufstader

Prelude
Song · Over the Garden Wall, The Blasting Company

Miroirs: III. Une barque sur l'océan
Song · Maurice Ravel, André Laplante

Dearly Beloved (From "Kingdom Hearts")
Song · Harpsona
![Moonlight Densetsu (From "Sailor Moon") [Instrumental] - Song · Harpsona](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.hypelist.com%2FuserAssets%2FqKJNrF4z2gYtIZKn6IMpsGLqIEI3%2Fhypelists%2Fitems%2FDE91DCF6-93FD-4E3E-83A8-29E701763832.jpg&w=3840&q=85)
Moonlight Densetsu (From "Sailor Moon") [Instrumental]
Song · Harpsona

La petite fille de la mer - Remastered
Song · Vangelis

Romancing
Song · Nonemis

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Song · Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jaques Morelenbaum, Everton Nelson
Music: with lyrics

Il cielo in una stanza
Song · Gino Paoli

Say Yes To Heaven
Song · Lana Del Rey

Winter Bear
Song · V

The Pool
Song · Stephen Sanchez

Send My Heart With A Kiss
Song · Stephen Sanchez

Achilles Come Down
Song · Gang of Youths

Slow Down
Song · Laufey

Serendipity
Song · Laufey

Sunrise, Sunset - From the Broadway Musical, "Fiddler on the Roof"
Song · Perry Como

The World We Knew
Album · Frank Sinatra

Piano Man
Song · Billy Joel

Vienna
Song · Billy Joel

Forever Young
Song · Alphaville

Let The Light In (feat. Father John Misty)
Song · Lana Del Rey, Father John Misty

Another Believer
Song · Rufus Wainwright

Patient Is the Night (feat. Chris Isaak)
Song · Over the Garden Wall, The Blasting Company, Chris Isaak

Turnaround Reprise
Song · Hans Zimmer, Camille

Letter To My 13 Year Old Self
Song · Laufey

Te Juro Que Te Amo
Song · Los Terricolas

Better Views
Song · Yellow House

Until (Arr. for Voice, Flute, Clarinet & Viola by Anna Magdalena Siakala)
Song · Sting, Mister Montelli





