Quotes from Richelle E. Goodrich

I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty.

Be happy. Be happy for no reason at all. Believe it or not, you have the ability and free agency to make that choice.

Do you feel that? It is a calm shift in the wind. Do you hear that? It is a soft whisper of hope. Do you see that? It is the divine hand of guidance, mercifully extended to aid our good fight.

Oh, how terribly backwards, and yet sadly common, it is to sit scowling at family all the day long and then quickly put on a smile for strangers who drop by.

To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful.

I hang around kids so people will assume when I act like one it's because I'm babysitting.

Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already?

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.

There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no one who cares.

Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books.

God will win every contest in life, so stop trying to beat Him at his own game.

They say if you're a better person today than you were yesterday you're well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I'm a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.

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.

Writers possess magic. It's in their w

I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver.

When my problems seem overwhelming and impossible to solve, I hold fast to these facts: God is real, He is right, and He cares.

People search the world over looking for someone to love them, when they should be searching for someone to love.

Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.

Today is a BRAND NEW day a perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.

Unto you is bornin the city of Davida Savior for all.

Death was a quiet evil, unavoidable like the dark night and defenseless sleep and tearful sorrows. It had hunted her down and slithered close, wanting only to smother every last flicker of

When we all pass from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have is his own story to tell.

I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.