Richelle Goodrich Quotes

The sweetest melody that playson starry nights and wintry days,most soothing to my listening earsand calming to beleaguering fears,I call a symphony on air―the song of sweet, still silence rare.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We try so hard to instruct our children in all the right things―teaching good from bad, explaining choices and consequences―when in reality most lessons are learned through observation and experience. Perhaps we'd be better off training our youth to be highly observant.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You can teach a person all you know, but only experience will convince him that what you say is true.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Helpful is happy.Selfish is sad.(It's not uncommon to confuse the two.)

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Though I adore the idea of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, and such luminary characters—especially their altruism and devotion—I still don't believe in them.  For I know the truth.  Only one such miracle worker exists who performs magic in my life, seeing to my wants and needs without fail.  That queen is my mother.  With unwavering faith I believe in her.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If you never bother to say the words, why should anyone believe you ever felt them?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't doubt that you think you love me, what I doubt is your understanding of love.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What is this thing of intangible substance that wreaks consequential havoc on our lives? What is this sensitive thread that runs through heart and mind, and when given the slightest tremor grasps hold of all sanity, dragging the afflicted down to insufferable depths or flinging him weightless to euphoric heights? What is this magic we would deem imagination, fantasy, or pretend if not for the evidence of power manifest by human consequences? Effortlessly controlling us, it affects the infected in an instant. It takes but one word, one thought, one act to become immersed. To stop it is hopeless. To stifle it, demanding. To think to master it is both improbable and pretentious. What is this invisible hand that blinds our eyes and reigns hearts with a string? It is nature's drug and poison we call emotion.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm convinced that whatever contains human emotions is composed of the most fragile material, for it can shatter unpredictably and without effort. And yet it is a resilient marvel as well, able to mend instantly as though never affected.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Moments always blossom more beautifully in memories.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I walk at night under a moonless sky. Only the terrain guides my steps, yet my footfall is as sure as if a dozen suns lit the way. I go to meet you under a leafless tree that never seems to grow or alter its shape. I am uncertain if it still lives or has learned to disguise its death. The same thought crosses my mind when I feel your cold fingers take my hand. It is not the tree I reflect

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

True greatness demands humility, the journey draws it from your struggling soul.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

No matter how many lies you use to disguise it or how many excuses you bury it beneath, the truth will never cease to be true.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life can be awful. Life can be ugly.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The greatest lessons I learned from my father didn't come from lectures or discipline or even time spent together. What has stuck with me is his example. From watching, I chose whether to be or not to be like him.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I can overlook the lie, what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Lies don't fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you're left staring at the naked truth which is always an uncomfortable situation.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I finally figured out the big, elusive secret to weight loss. Don't eat! Who knew?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm going on a diet.  (Crud, I know)I am going to be cranky. I am going to be irritable.I am going to be moody and sad and mean. And, yes, I am going to be hungry. Please don't feed me, even if I try to bite you. Please don't tease me, I may hurt you.Please don't try to encourage me, I may growl and snap at you. Please don't help me, I may blame you for everything aggravating in the known universe.  Please don't be offended by my scowl, I cannot smile.  But most importantly, please keep your distance until this trial is over to prevent any unnecessary casualties. Thank you for your understanding. 

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When I say I love the silence, I'm not being entirely truthful. What I actually love are the abundant, delicate sounds that amplify when I'm silent. These curious creaks, mutters, and hums compel my imagination.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Afraid of offending with an off word or the slightest insensitivity, I keep an unobtrusive and silent distance. Nevertheless, my pursed lips and offish stance are perceived as cold, managing to offend all.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Happiness is feeling confident that the god of this universe is pleased with the things you say and do.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

They tell me you're the best and the worst thing to have happened to me, but I do not see how it can be both. For if my death resulted from your presence, an everlasting sleep would have me dreaming happily of us together. I see no bad in that. Therefore, you must be the best thing to have ever happened to me because you make the worst seem wonderful.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing the other person started it.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

To love her was to taste sweet surrender. For had she not entered his life, he would have sought the wonders of both Heaven and Earth. But she surpassed them all and, by her pleasing nature, stayed him.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When I reach out, you take my hand. When I smile, you mirror the expression.When I triumph, you glory as if it were your own.When I fail, you point to the light at the end.When I need, you tenderly provide.When I cry, you kiss away my tears.When I suffer,  you bleed.And you wonder why I love you?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The most difficult challenge an honest man will ever face is having to choose between duty and love.One creates a man of honorable character―a life worth dying for.The other creates a vulnerable soul that madly yearns for either death or immortality.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You need tell me nothing, I already know your heart. Through your simplest choices you've given yourself away.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life is a character-building opportunity that we all volunteered for.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Ian was a good man—honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings, no matter how intense or gratifying they might be. He would never betray Harrowbeth. He would never cheat Derian or Angelle. He would never deceive his queen, even if in so doing he would find a love and happiness they both longed to share. His commitment to what he saw as right meant more.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What's in a name?  The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich