Quotes by Donna Lynn Hope

The spiders web: She finds an innocuous corner in which to spin her web. The longer the web takes, the more fabulous its construction. She has no need to chase. She sits quietly, her patience a consummate force; she waits for her prey to come to her on their own, and then she ensnares them, injects them with venom, rendering them unable to escape. Spiders – so needed and yet so misunderstood.

They say love inspires. Guess what inspires more? An enemy.

Who are we to think we deserve anything? What makes us so great? No one is lucky to have us. We are all full of it.

If I never shed a tear or wondered what happened to someone I actually loved, what makes you believe Id think twice about you, someone I never even cared for?

You may not like what I see but I dont like what you do.

People dont want words, as seductive, pleasant and warming as they can be. People want to see that theyre worth some sacrifice or some great deed. And its not that people are always worth it, its that love is.

I’m awake and I can’t sleep. The more I’m awake, the more I see, and the harder to sleep.

Some people live their lives being perpetual victims and finger pointers. To anyone who points a finger at someone else and lays all the blame at their feet instead of taking responsibility for their own behavior, I would say, I see that finger and you know where you can put it?

We know what we should do. Age is no excuse. Do we go to others for permission or for discipline?

I don’t make excuses, so don’t make excuses for me. When I’m being an ass, it’s because I have one.

She has never understood, nor been able to relate to a herd mentality. She doesnt get along with followers and avoids the bandwagon. She marches to her own tune and does it alone. Shes despised by the weak-minded and respected by the strong. She ruffles the feathers of the flock because she champions the defenseless and picks on the mob. Does she wish she could not give a damn and live an ordinary life surrounded by nodding and needy ordinary people? At times...but shed be bored out of her mind when shes never bored alone, and because of that shes patient because a couple of times in a lifetime shes lucky enough to come across a memorable, magnetic and remarkable person - one worth knowing, even if just for the brevity of a conversation.

She may have been among them but she could never be one of them. She was without inclusion for-as-much as she was not one of the girls and she wasnt one of the guys. She was an outsider gazing in, endlessly comfortless, while they wished they had what it took to be less like the others and more like her.

A woman once held a Canary in the palm of her hand and stroked her and whispered a careful warning. The canary, seeking some freedom to fly, went into the mine while the woman watched in worry. The mine was filled with toxic gases and the Canary began to sing. She flew into danger, realized the threats around her, and wished to return to a place of refuge.

You see it everywhere and everyone seems to be doing it but you. You could have had it as well, and you know it, and that’s what bothers you. Your worst enemy is yourself, and sadly, you know that what you did wasnt worth what you lost.

A vast number of people bemoan the lack of love in their lives and one must wonder if its because theyre looking for a type or have a list of requirements that someone else has to meet first, in which case its no wonder that they miss out, because when you love, its not that all that you were looking for is found in another, its that the person you love ends up making you see they are what you wanted all along; love, after all, is usually found in unforeseen places with the most unexpected people.

I have to crack a nut in order to enjoy it.

The only stirrups I like are on a saddle.

If it’s danger you seek you can go to war, blow the whistle on someone powerful, piss off someone unhinged, walk in a field during a lightning storm, tease a rattlesnake, or lose yourself in the right embrace. Some people live for it, others suffer in spite of it.

She has her helmet, shield and sword. Does she finish him or take pity on the gutless thing before her?Does she set fire and smoke him out, forcing him to fight, or does she let him live with himself and take satisfaction from knowing that he has never been in a real fight in his life and that one day he will have to face his demons in person, along with the consequences, and that both can be far more painful than anything she could ever do to him.

The black widow, who had dispatched a lover or two, was sought out for her wisdom. The young spider asked her, Did you keep his harmful secret under the threat of danger, or did you spin a web so confusing that he didnt know if you were friend or foe? Did you release him from the web and your presence or will you give another the venom in which to finish him? The black widow was quiet and then said, All of the above.