“Be not wishing and pining but thankfully content. For it is a short bridge between wanting and regret." - from "Dimpellumpzki” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Courage isn’t being a dragon. Neither is it behaving like a dragon. Nor is it taking up arms to fight and defeat… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ 'I'm sorry' won't fix what's been broken. It can't reverse time or undo the damage or change anything that happened. But… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Kindness is a magical spell—performed by enlightened beings—meant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I always envisioned myself as traveling the ocean of life in a rowboat where my mother was one oar and my father,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I love when I finish reading a chapter that I wrote and my cheeks hurt from smiling and all I can utter… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What do you mean I have to wait for someone's approval? I'm someone. I approve. So I give myself permission to move… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies comments spewed from the mouth… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When I ask you to be my valentine, I’m not asking you to love me. I’m simply asking you to accept tokens… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized. It's okay. Life was never about what you… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Faith to me is trusting in every evidence that something is ―that it is possible, that it is significant, that it is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Knowing the path to follow doesn't make it a breeze to step along. If every desire were only a skip, hop, and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To look in the mirror and smile is a challenge for many people. Those who do so without the slightest scowl are… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I believe people are more inclined to do their best, not when they feel loved, but when they feel loved regardless .” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To actively improve the world and change your life as well, speak all the good you know, and all the bad refuse… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Maybe there is no such thing as success—a final destination where you arrive once and for all. Maybe existence is a never-ending… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“In an unfathomable expanse of universe supporting galaxies of star systems with orbiting planets innumerable, I am nothing. And yet to the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Live today facing forward—with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Heroes don’t have the need to be known as heroes, they just do what heroes do because it is right and it… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One thing I've learned is that in the midst of your darkest moments of tribulation, there is no such thing as mass… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I cast my eyes out to the sea and gaze at all eternity until forever turns to night. My eyes then lift… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Yes, of course we could all use some help. There isn't a person alive without a need. So don't ask the silly… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Don't judge too harshly, for if your weaknesses were to be placed under your footsteps, most likely you would stumble and fall… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If I could have one friend, just one in all the world, I know that I would not seek out a boy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Brazen it out! Throw away the scabbard! Grit your teeth, buckle down, and die with your boots on! Or in other words,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Conundrum: A fun word to repeat over and over again when no one's listening. Actual meaning is as puzzling as the need… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“So what if you’re right? So what if you’re wrong? In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn’t… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What kind of person is void of compassion? A heartless one. But alas, compassion cannot exist without the endurance of afflictions.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“For every one person who praises you, there are a hundred who would criticize. Heed neither the one nor the hundred. It… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The communication block between men and women: Men―"Can't you hear what I'm saying?" Women―"Can't you feel what I'm saying?” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“How does knowing 'things could be worse' than what I already deem awful make me feel any better? You mean I could… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days . They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
