“Rest assured you make perfectly good nonsense. I understand you one-hundred-percent not at all.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you. — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sipping tea with glee beneath a gooseberry tree. I wish Alice were here. Oh, my dear, do not fear, she will be.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy; I understand that. But wouldn't it be nice to have people… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Love—such a keen mystery prone to pierce and shatter the delicate heart. Yet it possesses more strength, power, and influence than any… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You'll be hard-pressed to reach your goals if you don't map out where you're going. Take time to navigate your life.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your life isn't some prerecorded movie where, no matter how many times you watch it, the ending remains the same. Your life… — 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
“If God says 'This is the way you should live your life' then this is the way we should live our lives.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you couldn't sense heat, you'd not be alive. And if that heat never grew uncomfortable, you would never move. And if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilt, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To have a caring and committed heart toward someone—a heart so firm in its devotion as to sooner stop beating than neglect… — 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
“It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Patience isn't tested when it is self-imposed and the duration is self-regulated. Patience is hardly tested when the outcome means little to… — 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
“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
“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
“Eena had thought the whole idea of his picture was absolutely wonderful and had asked Willum what kind of animal she might… — 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
“ Today You Soar "Like the grand eagle, you spread your wings And put forth the effort to do great things. Looking… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You didn’t slay a werewolf,” I breathed before repeating the words louder. “You did not slay a werewolf, Thaddeus.” “Oh, but I… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“True love asks no question of the heart. It knows with surety.” — 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
“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
“I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once… — 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
“Love tickles parts of you that, prior to its influence, you didn't even know could feel.” — 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
