“When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As sunlight is for flowers, and sustenance for the mortal shell, music is for the human soul.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Consider guilt like a street sign that warns of rough roads ahead if you don’t make a u-turn.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Thanks, Ian, but sometimes there’s just nothing you can do.” Her feet moved forward again towards the center of Lacsar Forest. “That’s… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Eyes, so easily deceived, might judge more rightly with lids closed, allowing ears and heart to remain wide open." from "The Beauty… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The moment a person feels he has nothing left to learn is the moment life prepares to hit him hard enough to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone’s path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Life is the season for loving and caring, for laughing and caroling, giving and sharing. Christmas is meant for the same,… — 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
“Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too. Blend them together for one potent brew. The magical spell to your dreams coming… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen. And then there are… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The interruption did nothing but earn her a similar slap, as I’m sure she knew it would. Sometimes I wondered if my… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You made me laugh at your jokes. You made me cry at your criticism. You made me shout at your lies. Then… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If every day you were to walk past the same individual and ignore him, never smiling or saying hello or returning any… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Socially interacting with a storyteller can be a frustrating challenge because a portion of her awareness is constantly sorting through the details… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I like bubbles in everything. I respect the power of silence. In cold or warm weather I favor a mug of hot… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Flames burn so long as they are fed. Rivers rage so long as it rains. The sun rises so long as the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Derian pulled the blanket snug around himself. “This is my added assurance.” Eena wrinkled her nose as if she thought his answer… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Abandoned. The word alone sends shudders down a sensitive spine, troubling the thoughts of pained souls as their hurt swells in ripples.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Gregory?” I called. I couldn’t help myself. It was irrational, but I was scared to see him run from me. He turned… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Have you ever felt as if your dreams were more memorable, more alive, than what you knew to be reality? Have your… — 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
“Last night I danced. My body rose from its slump for the first time since the beginning of sorrows—my fingers beckoning to… — 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
“People love superheroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Freedom is the atmosphere in which humanity thrives. Breathe it in.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Guilt cannot change you; it can only hint that there’s something worth your effort to change.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Powerlessness is an excruciating pain; it is torture insurmountable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I write because I love it, not because I excel at it. But because I write, I shall slowly excel at it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.” — 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
