Hope Barrett > Quotes

“I AM the current curator of the black trunk and the stories it holds within.”
― Hope Barrett, Discovering Oscar

“Somebody’s going to be reading, right? Wrong. They’re FBing. “Doing a Number Two. Maybe I shouldn’t have had those chilli peppers. Hope y’all having a good day! —Coming from a toilet not far from you. xxxx”
― Hope Barrett

“Once an opportunist like Mickey, who took the argument when she jumped on some devastated wretch's machine and jackpotted that it was the "cash-ino's money" she was winning, Moon returned after her six month break with the view that the separation had somehow sweetened the honeypot. The sad reality, she quickly learned, was that she was not irreplaceable; as such, the Casino felt no compunction to welcome her back with multi-jackpots. Instead, it took her money everyday and did not once give her a jackpot so that she could say, "Ah. They missed me." Instead, all she could keep saying was, "Verr-y bed. Verr-y bed. Suck-ah all my money!”
― Hope Barrett, Somebody Get Me A Hammer!!

“You know it's going to be one of those days when the cat uses the carpet as a bum wipe....”
― Hope Barrett

“For M & B.
Should you ever get to read this, to remind you that when life offers you a challenge:
rise to the occasion.”
― Hope Barrett, Forget Heels!

“I gemelli Passivo e Aggressiva vi si trasferirono alcuni anni fa e decisero di restare. Tempo addietro la casa aveva ospitato Raziocinio, Pazienza, Carezza e, naturalmente, Amore. In quello che sembrò un batter d’occhio, Passivo e Aggressiva riuscirono a offendere tutti e quattro...”
― Hope Barrett, Diabolical

“THE EMPRESS LO was not beautiful but she was ambitious and, sometimes, ambition can take you further than beauty. The women of the court never wondered how she got this far because as all women know, the rise to power is relatively simple ~ especially if it is a man who has control. ~ from the Three Lives of Empress Lo. Forthcoming.”
― Hope Barrett