“When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A sincere and warmly-expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no… — 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… — 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
“Some live for their own joy and pleasure. Some live to ease the burdens of others. Then there are those who seem… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There is a point when the anguished soul finally despairs. A moment in life when the heart, the will, even the spirit… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My pain builds like storm clouds―massive, dark, and heavy with teardrops. Moisture falls torrential as if my world is a violent, eternal… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Someone described a writer's world as tormented, and I had to laugh. A tormented writer? I personally wouldn't have put those two… — 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