want to think
母親がそう思いたいだけでしょ
Your mother just wants to believe that, doesn't she?
— 万引き家族 (2018)
子供より親が大事と思いたい。
I want to believe that parents are more important than their children.
そう思いたい。
I’d like to think so.
— アトランティス 失われた帝国 (2001)