“If there is one word in the universe capable of softening hearts, it is this: Mommy.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To be recognized, understood, valued, and loved: these are the riches every human heart longs to acquire.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Forgiving yourself can prove as difficult as licking a scab off your elbow.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I love you, Mom. ___I love you more. I love you to the moon! ___I love you to my core.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I never realized how much you meant to me until someone spoke your name and an irrepressible, goofy grin stretched my lips.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If one is content to freely speak trash about another, it is probably more correct to judge them as the one of… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's advice, not a commandment. Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Trying again is okay. Trying again and again and again is okay. It's sort of an infinite thing because the alternative is… — 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
“This feeling of guilt is your conscience calling your attention to the higher road, and your heart wishing you had taken it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I will admit you are the finest if not the loveliest rose in the garden. But you see, my dear, I was… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are those who fear the sunset, worried they will never see light again. There are those who ignore the sunrise, squandering… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I believe in God. I talk to Him in my earnest prayers, sharing my personal thoughts and desires. I hear Him when… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Some birthdays make you happy. Some birthdays bring you down. Some birthdays make you jump for joy While others paint a frown.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Take it one step at a time—inarguably wise advice. And yet we all take a running leap, hoping the wind will catch… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Thank you for the day and night, for rainy spells and summer’s light. Thank you for the skies of blue and puffy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the power to capture… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world—the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“On Hallows Eve, we witches meet to broil and bubble tasty treats like goblin thumbs with venom dip, crisp bat wings, and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Tell me you didn’t,” she groaned, knowing it would not be the truth. “Please tell me you didn’t take advantage of these… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“That’s when Eena cut in. Both Ravelly and Unan looked to her as she announced, “My favorite part of the book is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It’s perfect,” she softly sighed. “Just like in our dream,” Ian agreed. “Almost.” Her eyes flickered sideways to catch Ian’s handsome profile.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Dear Father in Heaven, I thank thee this day for blessings and mercies thou sendest my way. I thank thee for comfort… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you were not so gentle, If you were hard to please, If you were never patient And always ill at ease,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Stop tormenting Derian.” “Me?” Edgar gaped at her with a clearly fake look of innocence. “Yes, you.” “And what about you? When… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I never knew what Mother knowed, Like how a thread and needle sewed, And how a kiss healed boo-boos fast. Why family… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sadness is the heart withdrawing to seek shelter from the pain.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ M others O ffer T heir H earts as an E ternal R esting S pot” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Vultures pick the meat clean off a bone. Guilt eats at the marrow, leaving a man hollow.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image