“Emotions enthrall, but change, and as such have the ability to disrupt and destroy.” — Donna Lynn Hope Change Copy Share Image
“Well...that's going in the trash. (I'm not referring to an enemy either).” — Donna Lynn Hope Enemy Copy Share Image
“Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.” — Donna Lynn Hope Candor Copy Share Image
“I will leave and isolate myself rather than go through the futile task of trying to make everyone happy, which is impossible… — Donna Lynn Hope Happiness Copy Share Image
“Do we really need a study on why people lie? They lie because it's easy, and cowards are good at "easy." Telling… — Donna Lynn Hope Cowards Copy Share Image
“He wasn't yours to get hurt by. He was someone else's and you knew that, so why are you offended? What right… — Donna Lynn Hope Affair Copy Share Image
“Intense feelings of any kind keep people with you. Some you may want, others you won't. To forget people, and you never… — Donna Lynn Hope Feelings Copy Share Image
“Joy – in the fall, winter, and always in the mountains where people are few, wildlife is abundant and there is peace… — Donna Lynn Hope Autumn Copy Share Image
“We love because we can lose. If there was no threat of separation, no death to shake us to our core, we… — Donna Lynn Hope Death Copy Share Image
“Instead of being proud that you led someone to God, be more concerned with the person you pushed away from Him.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“He passed through her with his soul caressing hers goodbye. And in that final hour he was with her one last time.” — Donna Lynn Hope Death Copy Share Image
“I used to be a wanderess without roots – discontent and bereft of belonging and then he took me to The Last… — Donna Lynn Hope Belonging Copy Share Image
“Thank God for men who manage to hold from afar, wipe tears away with tender words and dish out the life force… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“Some people want it all and expect it all; always looking outward, so often proclaiming what they deserve, even more saying what… — Donna Lynn Hope Love Copy Share Image
“Seasons of the heart. To get through what I must I'm often encased in ice and for months he chips away until… — Donna Lynn Hope Cold Copy Share Image
“I think anyone who opened their heart enough to love without restraint and subsequently were devastated by loss knows that in that… — Donna Lynn Hope Death Copy Share Image
“Masks are elaborate and everyone has one. It takes a while to get to know people. This doesn't make them mysterious, it… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“There is no need for hyperbole. I did NOT dump you. I peeled your mask off like a banana peel, did not… — Donna Lynn Hope Breaking up Copy Share Image
“I write for ghosts; the ghosts I can’t see but I know stick around. Some I know are good. Others I know… — Donna Lynn Hope Ghost Copy Share Image
“I'm impressed when men go the distance to show they give a damn. That says nothing about the woman and everything about… — Donna Lynn Hope Feminism Copy Share Image
“The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my… — Donna Lynn Hope Darkness Copy Share Image
“He wept bitter tears over the death of his enemy. It was his enemy, after all, who knew him best and kept… — Donna Lynn Hope Adversary Copy Share Image
“I’d love to have the kind of friend who would visit me before visiting a man. Otherwise I know where I’m ranked,… — Donna Lynn Hope Battle of the sexes Copy Share Image
“What an ambiance, and such a pity I'm alone: Candles giving off their glow, gusts of wind and the light tapping of… — Donna Lynn Hope Ambiance Copy Share Image
“If they were there for you when you had nothing, they are the ones worth having now. If they only notice you… — Donna Lynn Hope Friends Copy Share Image
“Some people are far more cognizant than others but sensitivity has its own cross to bear and ample insight, in many cases,… — Donna Lynn Hope Empath Copy Share Image
“I don't envy "busy." Busy means having a schedule, not living life. What I really covet is leisure and peace of mind.… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“Someone once said that love is the closest thing to magic that this world has, but magic enchants, deceives and casts a… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“People don't tell others when they lose interest, just like they don't tell others when they love them. And then they wonder… — Donna Lynn Hope Holding back Copy Share Image
“I don’t miss anyone. If I did I would do something about it. Besides, some people come back...in dreams. That’s when they’re… — Donna Lynn Hope Dreaming Copy Share Image
“When they want you in secret they don’t really want you. They want the adventure. Give them one by telling them where… — Donna Lynn Hope Adventure Copy Share Image
“I don't admire the person who hides from the world and claims enlightenment. To be purified you have to be tested and… — Donna Lynn Hope Buddhism Copy Share Image
“Loyalty. Is it something only dogs know? When I think of it, I wonder if I would rather have it than love.… — Donna Lynn Hope Dependability Copy Share Image
“Don't concern yourself with the opinions of those who judge you. That is placing on them an importance they do not have.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“I love men. I also hate men; I wouldn't want to be in a world without them but I have to say,… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“One woman's definition of success may not be another's. Is success, as the world defines it, an accomplishment in a society this… — Donna Lynn Hope Accomplishment Copy Share Image
“Neither one of them could turn off their feelings, even with so much time and distance between them. The more they were… — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“Of course she wants him to forget her. The last place she wants to reside is in his thoughts. What an unpleasant… — Donna Lynn Hope Bitterness Copy Share Image
“I can only miss the true and I can only mourn the brave. Cowards make it easy to let go because you're… — Donna Lynn Hope Brave Copy Share Image
“All the bruised lives, searching hearts...Everyone wants a love story but few will risk what it takes to live one.” — Donna Lynn Hope Love Copy Share Image
