Quotes by Donna Lynn Hope

Hate. The word is thrown around as uselessly and as often as love is, and is used as a means in which to accuse and inflict damage; the weak-in-argument (weak in general) use it to discredit those with whom they disagree rather than dissect the issues for what they really are. I liken it to the predictable ad hominem attack, which is about as transparent as those who so ridiculously claim to know what’s in the heart of another.

Its not that I am above feeling hatred. Its that I make the choice whether to yield to it or not. Hatred keeps a person with you, and the last thing I want with me in my thoughts is someone who doesnt deserve to be there.

Do you keep silent to keep a friendship or do you try to lend your support unconditionally, even if what they are doing goes against everything you believe in? Will it be principles over friendship, morality over love?

It seems that the people who come into our lives and stay for the briefest amount of time have the greatest impact upon us. Time may change some things, but not all things. Each day brings me closer to him, and the age in which he passed from this world into the next, but I still fight the urge, on rare occasions, to pick up the phone and dial his number, which I still remember. Its decades later, but that last meal we shared, laughing and smiling at each other from across the table, lost in harmony, seems but yesterday. Then there was the last lingering look and the final wave goodbye.

I am sick of old ghosts and I just want to feel safe again without the haunts of old vulnerabilities.

In our lives are special moments that live as their own, the rest is movement with the passage of time.

Fortuitous, unexpected beauty is the best beauty because it is unique, and what is unique is remembered.

When you stand next to beauty and know you’re not, you either feel inferior or you’re thankful for the ones who saw you and loved you anyway.

Straightforwardness intimidates people. They prefer the veneer, despite what they claim.

Can I be trusted? Can you? I can be trusted with some things, but not all things, just like you.

Reassuring a jealous woman that you dont want her man creates the bigger beast of resentment because that tells her that what she has isnt desirable and to her, where the opinions of others correlates to her self-worth, is unforgivable.

I dont make people comfortable but thats what couches are for.

Lovers are easy to find and easy to forget but finding an authentic connection is exceptional and limited. It rarely happens, which is why there are so many unhappy people out there.

Dont allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they dont find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?

Oh yes, even I cry. Just not over you. Who is you? The one who has to ask or the one who doesnt?

If I blink shell disappear, he told her. She looked at him and said,Maybe that is the best thing for you.

Id rather meander through a pit of vipers than love one more person, but since Im on the subject of snakes, we all know one, or are one.

Has it tortured you as much as its tortured me? He asked. Dont call it torture when its self-inflicted. You always have a choice.

What was I to you? he asked. She didnt answer but turned and walked away. Thats when he knew: Nothing or everything.

Why do you think you deserve happily ever after? You were offered it before and tossed it away.