Nice fantasy... We are all hope's bitches.
Agreed!! Although I'd have to say that 'hope' is the bitch (her name is Elpis), and all of us are just her "victims", as illustrated in the mythological story of
Pandora's Box:
In Greek mythology, the spirit of hope (or expectation) was personified as Elpis (ἐλπίς), the last item in Pandoras Box. When Pandora opened Pandora's Box, she let out all the evils except one: hope. But without hope to accompany all their troubles, humanity was filled with despair. It was a great relief when Pandora revisited her box and let out hope as well.
In the context of
Pandora's Box, some have interpreted hope as something that offsets or balances the evils that Pandora released upon the earth–as a natural antidote for them. Others suggest that there are times when hope is a delusion and despair is a more rational reaction to the human condition. I tend to relate to the latter proposition all too well. Le sigh.
Here's from whence that quote by Nikos Kazantzakis derived, me thinks:
From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,
I thank with brief thanksgiving,
Whatever gods may be,
That no man lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
And that even the weariest river, winds somewhere safe to sea.
-- "The Gardens of Proserpine" by Algernon Swinburne, 19th century English poet.
