Joyce Rachelle Quotes

When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops.
Joyce Rachelle
When people say they're unemployed, bored, or have nothing to do, I sigh and think, "If only time were transferable.
Joyce Rachelle
The more time you have to do things, the less you are able to get done.
Joyce Rachelle
There is a real danger when caring begins to lose its emotional dimension and becomes nothing but a verb.
Joyce Rachelle
I think the worst sort of time travel is how the clock speeds up when I'm on my break.
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Take comfort in the knowledge that you are different, even from the different ones.
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What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?
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Frustration often steers you to the right path.
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Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.
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You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.
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Ambition is a stairway that never ends.
Joyce Rachelle
When you are entrusted with a secret, you become irrevocably accountable for what you do or don't do after your mind is colored by the knowledge of it.
Joyce Rachelle
If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat.
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It's because the door hasn't been closed yet that the nightmares still find their way in.
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Be thankful when you find yourself worrying about the smallest things, for it often means there aren't any bigger things to truly worry about.
Joyce Rachelle
How difficult it is to find solitude in a world that constantly demands your attention.
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How did I prepare for night shifts? When I was a small, anxious kid, I checked my mom in her sleep to make sure she was still breathing.
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Everything seems so small, so trivial, when you're on the right altitude.
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Some things sound better if they don't come from you.
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For in that perfect garden when one day entered sin,An animal was murdered for garments made of skin.When figs of human effort produced religious strife,The Father tailored clothing for Adam and his wife.
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It's not about the extent to which something happened or did not happen; it's whether we choose to confront evil and call it what it is, or simply let it pass because it 'wasn't enough of a big deal.
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May any praise of your character come from others instead of yourself.
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Some secrets are heavy because they aren't yours to tell.
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Silence isn't always agreement. Sometimes people no longer argue because they no longer care.
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Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.
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I'm not an insomniac. It's just that my mind is in the best position to catch the weight of all hovering possibilities the moment I lie down.
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You won't stress over it unless you care.
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Those who claim to be on the side of good yet do nothing to fight evil are on the side of evil.
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Don't stay in the harbour and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.
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Much of someone's real character lies in what they don't say about themselves.
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It's a singular sort of pain, watching the most beautiful creature self-destruct because you weren't able to find the red wire.
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True ability is undisturbed by pretentious criticism.
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Not all writers are silently suffering inside. But it certainly helps.
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Going away won't change anything if you're running from yourself.
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Very often I realize that the time people spend apart is as important in maintaining relationships as the time they spend together.
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She's one in a million. And that's why she's lonely.
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Kindness is a language more often misunderstood than taken at face value.
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But that was just a shadow of what would come to pass:When one appointed season Christ came to die at last.And in the name of justice they flogged him like a thief,But willing was the victim of human disbelief.
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Dementia: Is it more painful to forget, or to be forgotten?
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If I don't talk about it, it's either very displeasing or very precious to me.
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Have you ever had a dream so strong it slapped you in the face every time you looked away?
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Maybe forgiveness means you stop keeping tabs on those people. Wounds can't heal if you keep touching them.
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And with the Savior's passing came Satan's sure defeatChrist whispered, "It is finished," for payment was complete.I could not earn salvation, it's been dispensed for freeAnd mercy's gates would open, as He has died for me.
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Before you reach the point of forgiveness, you go through the phase where you pray... for every possible misfortune and ill luck to strike them dead while you sit and watch.
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There is more to hear in what is not said.
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Dear Teenage Self,That guy you're crazy about,Will ask you out On a dateIn about ten years, so don't fretYou'll get there yet.But fate is cruelOn that day,That feeling will have gone away.
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There is a way of reacting to insult that gives people the impression that you want more. I don't know what it is, but I seem to have mastered it.
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Dear World,I exist.Deal with it.
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As a child, I was very careful not to erase my mother's writing on the chalkboard because I would miss her.
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Woe to him who offends a patient man who has just reached his limit.
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Try staying awake for 24 hours and you'll realize just how many needless worries your mind instantly shuts out.
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One mistake is all they see.
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She didn't realize she was in a prison until she collided with the bars.
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Invisibility can be good as a superpower. But psychiatry reveals people don't like it very much.
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There is something quite wonderful about sharing a secret.
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How might it feel to be fully present in every moment all of the time?
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I had no money to start,For Jack decreed in his pride:The Caveman's wife didn't work - It was his job to provide.A brief reminder right here:Let men believe they are shrewd,But even women of oldEmbroidered mittens for food.
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What a loss it would be if feminism killed chivalry.
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Pay attention to what you wish you were doing when you're doing something else.
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There is comfort, even among strangers, when people find something they are equally passionate about.
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