Browse 1189 quotes about Richelle Goodrich.
“Many people believe they have found the key to Heaven's gate, not realizing that there is no key hole. It is a barrier upon which you must knock. And I believe that it is by our small and simple acts of kindness that we find the gate left ajar.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“A lot more hurt eats at your heart when it’s personal.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Pain defines moments in the lives of all human beings. The trial is not the endurance of pain but the choices we make regarding how to endure.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful, cheerful thought in the world will fix it. So let me cry awhile. Don't try to find a sunbeam where a shroud of darkness encloses me. Let me mourn. Then, after the storm, when the tears have run dry and my eyes choose to open, I will look for your rainbow of hope.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“The louder you bellyache, the longer your stomach will hurt.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Have you ever felt as if your dreams were more memorable, more alive, than what you knew to be reality? Have your dreams ever seemed so tangible as to make you question upon waking if you’d truly only dreamt them? Have they at times been addictive enough to consume your waking hours; blurring actuality and pretend together until your wishes and passions stare back at you with open eyes?
If only dreams could be reality, that beautiful garden of sweet-smelling roses we all long for. But reality for me is no such bed of roses. It is nothing but a field of unwanted dandelions."
- From the thoughts of Annabelle Fancher”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“Gavin, I can’t talk to you here. People will call me crazy."
My imaginary friend smirked. "But you’re already talking to me."
"Well, I have to stop."
His smirk grew cocky. "I doubt you can resist."
And he was right. There was nothing I wanted more than to give my full attention to an imagined shadow and ignore those who ignored me in the real world. I wanted to talk out loud to Gavin―to play and laugh boisterously with him. In a dream I could justify such behavior, but to succumb to hallucinations while wide awake would only prove me insane.”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“When it comes to fighting for your dreams, be a dragon. Breathe fire.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not.
Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things.
I can easily reach from A to B.
I can manage from B to C.
I can then make it from C to D.
And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Her eyes shifted to me, piercing my soul in the process. “Your troubles are temporary, Miss Annabelle. You will grow and mature and find yourself free of them one day. And life will blossom for you then, in a way it never can in some fantasy.”
I nodded, intimidated by her powerful stare. She stepped closer to me, her words and her look intensifying.
“Dreams and wishes mean nothing when they’re simply a fleeting thought away. The value is gone, stolen from any victory. Don’t get stuck in a meaningless dream, child. This is all imagined glory, nothing more. Go home. Go home and awaken to a life worth living! Go now!”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“Time has a way of focusing in on the reality of things, whether it be in regard to relationships, goals, decisions, etc. So don’t be in a rush. Give it time.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“If something is real and true, it will be real and true the whole time you stubbornly refuse to believe it.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Death was a quiet evil, unavoidable like the dark night and defenseless sleep and tearful sorrows. It had hunted her down and slithered close, wanting only to smother every last flicker of life."
—from "My Aquarius”
“Oh, Man in the Moon"
"Oh, man in the moon, send an evening star to wink at my dreary eyes, and I shall make a wish for a peaceful world that spins with no more lies.
Oh, man in the moon, send the night's cool breeze to lull my leery heart, and I shall cast my fears to the wind with ease, and watch them all depart.
Oh, man in the moon, send the sandman's dust to rest my weary soul, and I shall slumber in happy dreams until the morning bells do toll.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“Darkness doesn’t fall over the face of the land. It is always there, hidden and lurking, waiting for the light to leave. That is why you must feed your light. Keep it constantly burning. Never neglect it, even for a minute.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“It doesn’t ever change. Does the sun not set in your dreams?”
Eena grinned at his profile, remembering the first time Ian had noticed the same peculiarity. “No. It never sets.” She watched his brow wrinkle as he wondered at the view.
“What good is a stagnant sunset?”
Eena looked at the auburn lights. The question made her think for a moment. “Well, it’s always exactly what I want it to be, right between day and night.”
“But I thought the beauty of a sunset was watching it change, marveling at the shift in colors as they intensify and then eventually fade.”
“All that leaves you with is darkness,” she muttered.
He turned to look at her. “You’re afraid of the dark?”
She shook her head. “I’m afraid of what happens in the dark.”
A look of concern questioned her meaning.
“Nightmares,” she explained. “And solitude. And loneliness. The dark is where monsters come to life and people feel the need to leave you. Life is never secure in the dark. You never see things clearly in the dark.”
Source: Eena, The Companionship of the Dragon's Soul
“Before the Dawn
In the darkest night the sun may seem like an extinguished match or an ember drowned by rain.
A light forever lost.
The cold world grows steadily colder and shrinks like the abused, closing in on all sides. Laughter, smiles, the glimmer of dancing eyes, and all else indicative of human brightness is gone. Colors leeched from everything leave shadows and emotion dull-gray in their absence.
Time is a void. A moment feels eternal.
Hope does not blossom in the darkness but withers fast, starving for what only the sun can offer. As its petals turn to dust, fear blows in and sweeps the remnants away. The soul succumbs by degrees to nightmares emboldened by the dead of night.
All is lost! All is lost! The wretched sun, repulsed by our nothingness, has abandoned the lives in its care!
And then the eyes open wide, seeing mountains take shape on the horizon.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“It is darkness that reveals the brightest stars and most ardent wishes.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Contention is a bile that when stirred becomes malevolence.”
Source: The Tarishe Curse
“It is not inability itself, but the feeling of powerlessness that breeds fear. That fear then breeds hatred. And hatred, the spawn of fear and powerlessness, leads us to ruin.”
Source: The Tarishe Curse
“Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“Your face is engraved in my mind. I can’t erase it. I don’t want to. Because as much as I hate you, I love you. And I love you unforgettably.”
Source: Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year
“You can harden your heart, dig yourself in, and retreat into the pit of the deepest, darkest cave, but that will not make the light die. Light will always exist. Hiding from it cannot snuff it out.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.”
Source: Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year
“May I have a piece of peace?
Or a portion of your calm?
May I borrow restful quiet?
Or a moment without qualm?
May I share in your tranquility?
I feel I’ve no recourse.
Oh, my friend, for inner peace,
God is the only source.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Friends make everything easier. If you want to succeed at a challenge, involve your friends. They have an amazing capacity to lighten physical, emotional, and mental burdens by simply being there.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“He was everything I needed because his entire character had been molded by my deepest wants and desires. He was my rock when I cried, my playmate when I laughed, and my hero when I needed to imagine that one existed for me.”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“Severing our young and fragile friendship was a sad ordeal, but sadder still was the fact that this friend found it so difficult to respond to my immediate need, unlike a dreamed boy who always afforded me easy comfort. I couldn’t understand what was so hard about reaching out to hug someone. But judging by Gregory’s uncomfortable conduct I had to assume it was an honest trial.”
Source: Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
“The calling that has been thrust upon you is likewise as demanding and daunting. I understand how you feel, believe me. But we need you, Eena. I would say I’m sorry, but… honestly, I’d have no other woman take your place. You are exactly what we need. And yes, it does require a great deal of sacrifice, but you don’t have to bear these burdens alone. We are all here to help you. And believe me there isn’t one of us who wouldn’t give his last breath to defend yours so you might go on to heal Harrowbeth. Don’t block us out. Don’t think you have to stand alone. Please wake up and know that I understand. And I promise I won’t say ‘I told you so.’”
The room fell quiet. Eena didn’t move. Derian could see how her breathing continued smoothly in and out just as before.
“I’ll give you some chocolate if you wake up.” It was a last-ditch effort. “I’ve got plenty of it, and I don’t care for the stuff.”
Source: Eena, The Dawn and Rescue
“Individuals can hold differing beliefs and still be friends. They can keep opposing opinions and still love each other dearly. Believe me, my family and I do not share all the same views or beliefs, yet I love them more than life.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Do you want to know if you have found the right one? That person with whom you can spend the rest of your life, if not eternity? Then answer these questions:
1.) Do you consider this person to be your best friend in the world?
2.) Can you (do you) talk to this person about anything—openly, honestly, and without fear?
3.) Does this person understand and support your dreams (realistic or not) without apathy or criticism?
4.) Does this person share your core values, beliefs, and principles?
5.) Does this person possess a kind disposition and an intellect comparable to your own?
If the answer to every question is a solid yes, then chances are you have found the right one.”
Source: Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
“Face it―nobody cares.
But, so what? Their apathy does not diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so they never feel like nobody cares.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“Compassion only plagues those with hearts, much like a field of thorns only troubles those who bleed.”
Source: Eena, The Companionship of the Dragon's Soul