“This is the key to life: To expect everything to be given to you from above, yet to be genuinely surprised and… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
I think that we are like stars. Something happens to burst us open; but when we burst open and think we are… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I don't have a diary, I don't write things into a diary. I imprint myself into the sky and when the sunlight… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I find it odd- the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“In the building of walls to protect ourselves— we have managed to keep ourselves from the best in this life. And so… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“If what you are able to give to others, in this life, is only proportionate to what you received from people in… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Some people live in cages with bars built from their own fears and doubts. Some people live in cages with bars built… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I am a flawed person. A brook with many stones, a clear blue sky with many blackbirds. I have many shortcomings. A… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“All sorrows in life stem from the lack of cake. If you had your own cake, you wouldn't bother trying to take… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Do not limit yourself to your own preconceptions of yourself, but throw yourself out onto a blank page that you haven't written… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The primary thing that people are going to try to take away from you— is the purity of your happiness. Rare is… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Doesn't anybody get tired of it all? Of having the same lives as everybody else, doing the same things as everybody else,… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“God is colourblind. But we are not God. God does not need to see colour and difference. God is far bigger than… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called "what other people say… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Today I wondered why my eyelashes aren't thick enough and why my feet aren't small enough. Then it hit me. Why do… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is supposed to be… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I believe the most difficult situation to be in, is one of mind-game-playing. Interestingly enough, it can be observed that it’s those… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“It's easy to get carried away in the search for “experience.” I think that people boast of “experience” as if all experience… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Growing up means learning what life is. When you're little, you have a set of ideals, standards, criteria, plans, outlooks, and you… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“What a shame it would be, if upon death, one who lived his life following his religion, were to find out that… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The old adage that people only want what they can’t have or what they can’t tame— is totally primitive. A being of… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Politeness is okay, but it gets old and boring. You want to attack life with a passion, not a politeness, you want… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I am not a little bit of many things; but I am the sufficient representation of many things. I am not an… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“It dawns on you one day... how precious your life is and how not okay it is for anyone, ever, to cause… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
People have this dream of being unreachable. They build a name for themselves and then finally fulfill their dream of being more… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Our key to greatness lies not in our ability to project ourselves to others as if we are putting ourselves onto a… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The difference between me and other people is that they all walk around with onion skins wrapped around them. Pre-meditations, pretentions, the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“There is a magnificent, beautiful, wonderful painting in front of you! It is intricate, detailed, a painstaking labor of devotion and love!… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“A lot of pieces I have written have to do with courage. As a result, people think that I am naturally brave.… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Silk is a fine, delicate, soft, illuminating, beautiful substance. But you can never rip it! If a man takes this tender silk… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
It's not the law of religion nor the principles of morality that define our highways and pathways to God; only by the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I suggest that people walk around under the moon barefoot, as I have today. There's that voice of your mom and dad… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Again, I am surprised why people seek to eliminate lust and cling to love; as they wish to ignore happiness and cleave… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Elegance is a glowing inner peace. Grace is an ability to give as well as to receive and be thankful. Mystery is… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
In trying so hard to win, we have instead become exactly like those whom we hate. The key is to know that… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I don't understand why people care so much about showing that they are good; because I am rather comfortable with having badness,… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Destiny is real. And she's not mild-mannered. She will come around and hit you in the face and knock you over and… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I once knew a man who was heir to the throne of a great kingdom, he lived as a ranger and fought his destiny… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The kindness that we receive from others in life, is also the kindness that we will want to give. The harshness that we receive… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“There are blue diamonds born to the world and given to those who only want glass crystals. There are blue roses born to the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I continue to marvel at the reluctancy of people to look into the mirror and see all the darkness that's within them: all the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Travel is the best teacher. The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane out into the open world. — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“I am a siren, and for my adoration of mankind, have been caught in fishing nets one time too many. And in those fishing… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“The problem with people today, is, they have religions but they have no spirituality. They go to church but they cannot even manage the… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Dear young woman, do not place your sense of beauty and self worth, upon the plastic pedestal called "what other people say to you",… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Do everything with your whole heart, or not at all. Don't put up with lies or with people who lie to you. Don't risk… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Inside every woman, is a crazy girl. And we all know what I'm talking about. That part of you that is entangled with insecurities,… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Life is short, and that's why, I don't test people; because we all fail tests sometimes, but that is supposed to be okay! I… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
