Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes

Imagine in vibrant, wonderful detail your heart’s desire—a reality only you can envision, an adventure only you can direct.Then cradle your creation. Caress it. Mold it. Coddle it until it comes to life.And when your precious treasure grows so grand as to steal your breath away, set it free for all the world to experience. For that is how you live your dreams.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Have you ever pondered the miracle of popcorn? It starts out as a tiny, little, compact kernel with magic trapped inside that when agitated, bursts to create something marvelously desirable. It’s sort of like those tiny, little thoughts trapped inside an author’s head that―in an excited explosion of words―suddenly become a captivating fairytale!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer. But if as a single, creative person you are one in the same, then, well.....problem solved! Great writing is born from that which we personally long to read.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Poetry is the wailing of a broken heart―the etched sorrows of despairing souls.  These artful words are an exclamation in rare colors expressed noiselessly on parchment.  Poetry is the unheard cry of a flower, wilting.  It is a humble, lucent tear shed with meaning.  It is the lovely portrayal of ugliness and the bitter edge of sweet.  Poetry speaks to the spirit by piercing understanding. It interprets all senseless truths―beauty, love, emotion―into sensible scrawl.  Poetry is vague affirmation and bewildering clarification. Like the most poignant of emotions, we understand the essence but cannot adequately do it verbal justice, crippled by inherently weak tongues.  A spiritual soothsayer, poetry is the closest thing to expression of feelings unutterable.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Knowledge gained is as useless as prideif filed away and never applied.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Chew off a little every day, because it’s hard to swallow a whole pie at once.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder or wiser or more ambitious, more thoughtful, confident, or able. But the fact is that when I'm with the one, comfort settles into my bones. I feel calm around him, as if the sun is smiling down on me and the world has suddenly become a sweet, safe place to be. I feel good about life―about myself. And it's hard not to want to be near someone who, just by their very nature, makes you feel that way.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

One of the most troubling facts I have had to accept is that people are not all angel or all devil. They are both good and awful to varying degrees and in varying circumstances. On any given day, dependent upon the situation, you will be confronted by either the devil of a person or the angel of the same person or a curious mix of both. This means you can, and most likely will, love and hate the same individual alternately throughout your life. This truth I find painfully heartbreaking.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Rare and precious moments, how I long to live with you eternally! If only your sweetness never ceased to touch my lips, and the flutters you evoke nevermore faded away. I dream of your arm extended immeasurably to keep hold of my reaching hand. But Father Time, being a cruel master, will not grant such a wish. And so I tuck you away as cherished memories, stored in a treasure box buried in my heart. And in times of solitude, I shall bring you out to view like rainbows.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Time passes…..and a billion lives are affected in ways we’ll never know.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I have a funny side. I have a soft and sympathetic side. I have a serious side, and a seriously romantic side. I have lots of sides; it's the main course I haven't quite figured out.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Experience is the catalyst for all great stories.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Hey, pretty book, why don’t you lie in my lap awhile?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for the same fear.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Dragons are a manifestation of things we fear. More often than not, those fears prove to be just as daunting and just as imaginary.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fearing the night won’t keep the sun from setting.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear comes at me like a massive bull with lowered horns ready to gore. But I have learned of the insubstantial nature of fear: if I stand my ground, it will pass right through me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry from the same animal.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear confronted me, and I stood paralyzed. He seemed a formidable, abiding presence. Then a voice whispered, “Fear not.” Fear not, I thought with desperate longing. Oh, how I wanted to heed those words—but how? Hour after hour, day after day, fear refused to budge while I remained paralyzed. And so I let him make my choices; what else could I do? Alas, he never once chose well for me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear never scaled one mountain, never stepped up on a stage, never accepted a challenge, never tilled new ground, never walked in a race; he never even dared to dream. Fear failed to slay a single dragon. Remember this before you choose to keep his company.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If you dream your problems at night and live your problems by day, you are suffering the effects of paralyzing toxins delivered by the sting of worry, stress, and fear. You must detach yourself from these leeches if you do not wish to be irreversibly poisoned.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The moon is my fear.The sun is my heart afire.The stars, my love songs.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion you might feel. Courage is taking action.....no matter what. So you're afraid? Be afraid. Be scared silly to the point you're trembling and nauseous, but do it anyway!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The only two words you should ever say to a mirror are “Hello, Beautiful.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I never realized how much you meant to me until someone spoke your name and an irrepressible, goofy grin stretched my lips.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I hope you know I love you, not just because I tell you so at every opportunity, but because I show you so as often as the sun sets.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When I first heard your voice, my heart leapt in my chest as if it recognized you as its owner from another lifetime.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

She laughed, and he fell in love.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Maybe love isn’t meant to be bliss never-ending. Maybe love is unwavering support and befriending.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich