Richelle Quotes

When words can't make it better, hold my hand and don't let go.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There is a point when the anguished soul finally despairs. A moment in life when the heart, the will, even the spirit crumbles. Some say that after much grief and drowning in tears, it is possible to pick up the pieces and carefully repair what was shatt

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Shhh, Eena, it’s going to be okay. I promise, you’ll get through this.” She didn’t fight him, but grabbed onto his shirt, weeping softly into it as before. He began to hum faintly, a familiar Earth tune. Soon he was singing the words in that deep, consoling voice of his. The song itself was meant to be comforting, and his tender manner made it that much more effectual. Eena recognized the song. She fell asleep to the soothing l

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand.  And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the consequences.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Every heart has a layer of sadness, whether deeply buried or covering the surface for all to see.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Sadness is like sandpaper; it rubs at our sharper edges, softening and humbling us, making us ready for a coat of compassion.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Happiness found me alone one day and took me by the hand.He showed me how the sun gave out its warmth across the land.Sadness found me content and smiling upward at the sun.He talked of droughts and blindness and what burning rays had done.Happiness found me alone again and pointed to the sky.He showed me how the storms created rainbows way up high.Sadness found me intrigued and took me to the rainbow’s end.He showed me how it disappeared to ne’er return again.Happiness found me alone and taught me how to sing a song.He sang a dozen melodies as I chirped right along.Sadness found me singing out and covered up his ears.He said the noise was deafening, and wished he couldn’t hear.Happiness found me alone and gave me seven coins of gold.He showed me many fancy things that merchants often sold.Sadness found me admiring the pretty things I’d bought.He pointed out my empty purse and money I had not.Happiness found me alone and helped me talk to someone new.He called the boy my friend and said that I was his friend too.Sadness found me together with my kind, attentive friend.He whispered of betrayal and how broken hearts don’t mend.Happiness found me alone and held me tight in his embrace.He whispered kindness in my ear and kissed me on the face.Sadness found me with Happiness but before he spoke at all,I told him he’d have better luck at talking to the wall.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Rainy, gloomy, drab, sunless day.  There are times when hope seems entirely clouded over, when looking for the blessings in your circumstances feels like trying to catch a ray of sunshine from six feet under.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Truly, there is magic in fairy

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

My favorite words in the world are t

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What if stars were the glimmering tears of a giant, welling in his cheeks, waiting to fall at the first tender stroke of emotion? What if the moon were a wide-open eye gazing down on our tiny, little world and its tiny, little inhabitants as they rush to and fro in pursuit of tiny, little dreams? What if the sun were the glowing heart of a great beast, pumping hot blood to keep him alive while providing warmth for our pitiful world? Ahhh, imagination; it is a wondrous thing!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

An inexhaustible imagination is the fountain of youth.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If there weren’t so many interesting conversations taking place inside my head, I might venture to speak out loud.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If you ever expect to write fairytales, you've got to get your head in the clouds.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The magic of reading happens when an author’s written work strings you along until your imagination, aware of your wants, molds the tale into an extraordinary world to be visited frequently—perhaps dwelt in for years.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Daydream. Because you can't accomplish what you've never fully imagined.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Friends are the artists who paint happy lips on your face.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Heaven's currency is friendship.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Be someone’s security blanket when theirs is in the wash.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Dogs are loyal friends, and if they could talk, your secrets would still be safe. (If my cat could talk, I’d have to let the dog eat her.)

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I wish everyone had someone who never popped their balloons.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy, I understand that. But wouldn't it be nice to have people flock to you wishing for your happiness?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Friends are those crazy people who keep coming back, in spite of being exposed to the real you.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close relationships that gradually mold our character until we become a reflection of the company we keep.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Friendship is not about ships—no matter how big and fancy and expensive the yacht is.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that's not important. What's important is that through it all you learn how much you need your Heavenly Father and how much your friends need you.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If your best friend truly is the person who knows you completely and loves you anyway, wouldn't that be your mother?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Gregory?” I called. I couldn’t help myself. It was irrational, but I was scared to see him run from me. He turned my direction, his feet pivoting in the dirt. Warily, I crossed into the light for a moment. “Do you, um…” I inhaled deeply. “Do you think you’ll still want to be my friend tomorrow?” I held my breath and waited for his answer. Although I could feel the sunshine perceptibly tingle every inch of exposed skin, the way Gregory smiled at me produced a swell of warmth unmatchable even for the sun. “I’ll always want to be your friend, Annabelle. Do you want to be mine?” My head nodded like mad, ecstatic, all on its own. I disappeared among the shadows again and watched my new friend until he stepped around the Hopkins’ house. Then I waited until his car drove off -- Gregory and his mother headed for home. I was on a high like no other, but I’d not lost my grasp on reality entirely. I knew that the real test would come Monday. It was one thing to befriend an outcast in the privacy of the woods, but quite another to risk ridicule and reputation when surrounded by peers. This was true even for those with the biggest of hearts, which I now believed Gregory Hill to have.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life’s gonna kick you in the butt.That’s what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least you can expect is that your friends will stand by you. I mean, for crying in the night, what else are friends for but to help you make right what isn’t in life? (Kira, The Mishmorat)

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich