“Physical attractiveness is no indicator of an individual's beauty." from "The Beauty of Ugh” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I have lost my spark, I'm told, and should seek to rekindle it. Respecting the messenger, I wonder if this is true.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My generosity must bear a cost or there’d be no value in what you gain from it. There’d be no second thought… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You and I were never meant to be together, but we are. Our pairing is not unlike two electrons ignoring natural laws… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The hero isn’t the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame—deserved or not—and apologize to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Discouragement, fear, and depression— three villains who lurk in the dark. They slip inside souls with a blindfold and goals to shatter… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I've figured out why they call it a trial. Because you try all you can to pull through it. ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Despair is not for the living but for those unable to rise and continue; they are the only souls with a right… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Death. What a brief word for the extinguishing of life. To be no more. To have days cut off and at their… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Moisture falls from the sky, cleansing the world and sustaining precious life. But it's the gloom—the cold, dark air—that receives notice. We… — 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
“The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“All you can do is start where you are. But you can start—right here, right now. You absolutely can.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Is anything truly impossible? Or is it that the path to our goals appears too unclear to follow? It seems to me… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My world burns severe. Pockets of sweltering air attack every inch of me exposed, heated by fire spewed forth from the lungs… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Patience isn’t simply waiting, it is caring enough about the situation and those involved to remain calm and courteous throughout the wait.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I settle into my imagination so that I might be someone when the real world tells me I'm no one.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.” — 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
“It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated… — 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
