Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes - Page 18

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.
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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.
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I love you for a great many reasons and despite a great many others.
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Amore is loveconfessed to you in haiku.Do you love me too?
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Please stop. If you keep chipping off little pieces of my heart, soon there will be no heart left with which to love you.
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Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne’er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow.
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At the core of love is validation. It is what gives love power. For when love is given away, validation seeps in and expands in the heart of the recipient, filling up every empty, dark corner. It is a wonderful, light, consuming feeling we long for, and once found, we hope—even expect—it will forever remain. But there are times when that most precious love is revoked, and a hard scab forms over the empty hole. Though this scab is both healing and protective, it is the reason why validation from future love may not seep in so easily, no matter how wanting the heart.
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There is love and then there is fluff. Nothing else.
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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.
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When I first heard your voice, my heart leapt in my chest as if it recognized you as its owner from another lifetime.
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Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.
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She laughed, and he fell in love.
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Maybe love isn’t meant to be bliss never-ending. Maybe love is unwavering support and befriending.
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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.
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I never realized how much you meant to me until someone spoke your name and an irrepressible, goofy grin stretched my lips.
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Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard.
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The only two words you should ever say to a mirror are “Hello, Beautiful.
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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!
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The moon is my fear.The sun is my heart afire.The stars, my love songs.
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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.
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Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.
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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.
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Dragons are a manifestation of things we fear. More often than not, those fears prove to be just as daunting and just as imaginary.
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Fearing the night won’t keep the sun from setting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hey, pretty book, why don’t you lie in my lap awhile?
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Experience is the catalyst for all great stories.
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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.
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Time passes…..and a billion lives are affected in ways we’ll never know.
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Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.
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Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.
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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.
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Time passes…..and a billion lives are affected in ways we’ll never know.
Richelle E. Goodrich
Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.
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Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.
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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.
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Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug.
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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.
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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.
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You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.
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Chew off a little every day, because it’s hard to swallow a whole pie at once.
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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.
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What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.
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Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.
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Knowledge gained is as useless as prideif filed away and never applied.
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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.
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What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.
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The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.
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The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.
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more. To have days cut off and at their end. To never again..........anything.
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Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.
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Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength.
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My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. is a query of broadest scope. is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!
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