As long as you write, you'll never be lonely.

— Donna Lynn Hope

At least with zombies I know my enemy and I know what to do: Aim and shoot. It's not so easy with people.

— Donna Lynn Hope

Attraction isn't wrong. People can’t help who they are drawn to, and they certainly can’t control affinity, as uncommon as it is. What is wrong is acting on inclination if it hurts someone else, namely a significant other.

— Donna Lynn Hope

A vast number of people bemoan the lack of love in their lives and one must wonder if it's because they're looking for a "type" or have a list of requirements that someone else has to meet first, in which case it's no wonder that they miss out, because when you love, it's not that all that you were looking for is found in another, it's 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.

— Donna Lynn Hope

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 surrounding threats, and wished to return to a place of refuge.

— Donna Lynn Hope

Be careful how you live. Someone is always watching and will look to you as an example, an excuse, or a warning. The message some choices send is why struggle to do the right thing when you can do the wrong thing and be happy. Should we be happy, or should we be right?

— Donna Lynn Hope

Bravery is the ability to endure, even unto death, all types of terrible, terrifying and painful situations, and we live in a time when people do all that they can to avoid hardship and pain, never realizing that strength and courage is found in both.

— Donna Lynn Hope

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

— Donna Lynn Hope

Connecting with someone is not necessarily a bond with a significant other, or even a friend, but can be the indefinable - perhaps the rarest and most precious thing in life to find at all.

— Donna Lynn Hope

Dark hair on a white pillow, an ache inside, his face a reflection in her eye.

— Donna Lynn Hope