It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the age of faith, it was the age of doubt; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness It is the season of hope; it is the spring of hope, and it is also the winter of despair; we have everything in front of us, and we have nothing in front of us; we are going straight to heaven; we are going straight to hell.