3 Quotes & Sayings By David Brendan Hopes

David Brendan Hopes is the youngest son of author and motivational speaker Larry Hopes, and was born in Cambridge, England. He grew up in a small English village, spending most of his time with his family at the nearby country house. His early years were a happy combination of a close-knit family and a relaxed childhood, until he began to show an interest in writing. His first published work was a short story in his father's magazine, "The Hopeful Horseman," when he was still in elementary school Read more

His second short story was published when he was 16 years old; it became the cover story for that issue. David then went on to complete studies in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College in London. Over the years he has written many stories, poems, and essays for various publications.

Most recently he has focused on his career as an international model agent for full-service agencies in New York City.

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I send my friends e-mail messages about the progress of my garden, especially of my roses. It left them with the impression, I think, that I was concerned with nothing else. I felt no urgency in correcting that notion. People obsessed with their gardens have probably caused the least suffering in the world of any category of men. David Brendan Hopes
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Most European nations identify themselves with eagles or lions, with some predator or creature of the air, ascendant and belligerent. I would like to visit the country which adopts the groundhog as its mascot, somewhere peaceful, some place that curls against the secrets of the earth, a little Belgium of the imagination, tables piled high with cakes, the Sunday bells ringing (not too loudly), the light falling on rolling hillocks studded with salad greens. David Brendan Hopes