Because of you, I was able to say, "Thank you". Because of you, I had hope.
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Pieanne"Because of" is rather negative... I'd say "thanks to you, I was able to say 'Thank you' " ."Thanks to you" is equally negative in some contexts.
Eimai_Anglos
In the sentence, above, I would definitely use "because" in order to avoid repeating the word "thank/thanks".
You're quite right, that wouldn't have been pretty...