“The ears and the heart are connected, it’s true, for when ears open wide, the heart opens up too.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Friends are those crazy people who keep coming back, in spite of being exposed to the real you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The funny thing about an impossibility is that it tends to be a magnet for those who would prove it otherwise.” — 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
“If you truly wish to change what is without, you must first change what festers within.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I prefer to solve the world's problems. They never seem as complicated as my own.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A society built upon a foundation of vengeance is a society doomed to destroy itself.” — 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
“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
“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
“Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either. There's both sweet and sour in every day. So why focus on… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are things that make no sense, that seem unreal, that can’t be grasped or understood or explained, that maybe don’t even… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A person's needs are met, and his appetite subsides. A person's wants are met, and his thirst swells greedily without end.” — 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
“Teach me to sing and recite, To whistle and jingle and strum. Teach me to color and paint, To sculpt and weave… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Lavender lilies all dotted with spots. Sun-yellow daffodils clustered in pots. Blue morning-glories climb trellises high. Powder-white asters like stars in the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When you do fall in love with me, Eena, I don’t want it to be because I gave into your demands, but… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mothers were meant to love us unconditionally, to understand our moments of stupidity, to reprimand us for lame excuses while yet acknowledging… — 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
“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
“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
“If I were to sit on the ocean floor and look toward the sky, I might see a whale or electric eel… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Me" ( Notice Me) I was sent here on a journey that has no end. I hear you joke of going nowhere… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I realized at that moment - observing his form move further away without once turning back - that I’d already begun to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Ravelly pointed to the illustration as he told his friend that he used to read the same story nightly to his son,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Eena turned aside, breathing shallowly as her mind raced with questions. She was glad he couldn’t read the confusion that swooped her… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I was breaking down, wanting to fade away and cry, yet I feared ever being invisible again. My head lowered to conceal… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice. It feels… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I think one of the biggest reasons people have difficulty believing in God is because they do not understand Him. I often… — 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
“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
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“ 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
“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
“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
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
