{"author":"Donna Lynn Hope","author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope","total_quotes":257,"quotes":[{"text":"It was evenings like that when beneath dim light and relaxing in a sultry bath that she missed him the most. A flicker of candlelight, wind breathing snow against the window and the soothing scent of creme caramel – all were a comfort to her as she closed her eyes, summoned memories and many a tender thought. She didn't feel deserving of the devotion bestowed upon her, but she had finally learned to accept its wondrous gift, knowing that love was the source of existence and its only end.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["devoted","devotion","love","missing","reflection","remembering","snow","winter"],"id":479,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"I’m thinking of the protector who wants to be protected and a fighter who loves the right battle but will lay down her arms to go on a quest.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["fighter","journey","protection","protector","quest"],"id":3463,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"The worst feeling when speaking with someone or receiving a gift from them is knowing they feel obligated to.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["feelings","obligated","obligation"],"id":4137,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"In a fit of anger he had said to her, 'You'll always be miserable,' to which she thoughtfully replied, 'Is that so? It's impossible to be miserable when you've known tragedy and hardship. Both strengthen and refine a person to the point where they may have moments of grief and sadness, but misery is known only to those who have a sense of entitlement...You know, people like you.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["entitlement","hardship","strength","tragedy","tragic","weakness"],"id":4270,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"You're not interesting in the least,' she spat. 'I don't need to be,' I smiled. 'That's what you need...And you're welcome to it.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["fighting","insulting","insults","interesting"],"id":6648,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"The only stirrups I like are on a saddle.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["riding","sarcasm"],"id":9449,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"I'm impressed when men go the distance to show they give a damn. That says nothing about the woman and everything about the man.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["love","men","relationships","romance","women"],"id":15232,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"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. It's 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.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["death","goodbye","memories","missing","remembering"],"id":18312,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"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.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["brave","bravery","courage","endurance","pain","strength"],"id":25137,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"},{"text":"She never wants to get to the point where she looks forward to hearing from someone. Once you look forward to something, you’re inevitably let down and nothing can stay the same so she'd rather expect nothing at all and just be surprised that she was thought of at all.","author":"Donna Lynn Hope","tags":["disappointment","expectations","let-down","surprised"],"id":25521,"author_id":"Donna+Lynn+Hope"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":257,"pages":26,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}