Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes

It may seem like the dragons tormenting you are bigger and fiercer than those lurking in your neighbor’s yard, but this is an illusion. We all face mighty dragons at home in some form.

Problems are never as difficult as when they are your own.

One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child.

Sunshine warms us, as do smiles—which makes me think that smiles are sunbeams reflected off our teeth.

It’s simply this:the Irish kiss, a snog o’ bliss, be blessed luckfrom any miss.

The wind is made of haunting souls that moan and groan in whistles and whispers. This ghostly choir chills the breeze and orchestrates a rise of goose bumps on my skin.

Be sure to wear greenon March seventeen, or else Irish leprechauns pinch your bones clean!

Impatience is racing at misery full speed.

I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained.

When I ask you to be my valentine, I’m not asking you to love me. I’m simply asking you to accept tokens of my love for you.

There is no poetry without want. Desperate want.

To believe in yourself is to light a spark with the potential to start a fire.

You can do things. Do you know this?Do you believe it?You should.It’s true.You can do great things.

Too often we let others stamp a price tag on us, and we accept their appraisal of our worth, forgetting we are in fact priceless.

The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.

Treats and tricks.Witch broomsticks.Jack-o-lanternsLick their lips.Crows and cats.Vampire bats.Capes and fangsAnd pointed hats.Werewolves howl.Phantoms prowl.Halloween’s Upon us now.

You breathe.You feel.You seeand hearand smelland tasteand thinkand moveand laughand weepand healand danceand singand love.Thank your mother.

Anyone who takes the time to listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.

A pumpkin lives but once a year when someone sets its soul afire and on that night it stirs up fear until its flame is snuffed.But e'en one night of eerie light is fright enough.

The coldest day in fallis at the Hallows Evening ballwhere ghoulish funavoids the sunas monsters mingle wall to wall.

I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.

A smile is a light that sets your inner self aglow, letting others know you’re home.

A Halloween flower, if ever there was one, would smell like an onion, have thorns like a rose.With charcoal black petalsand vines that entangle, t'would grow under moonlightin mud, I suppose.

One day a week I seek to rest from earthly toil and sorrow.Revitalized, I find the strength to battle new tomorrows.

If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.

Church was never meant to be a place for gods to gather, but for devils wanting to shed their horns for halos.

Love in its essence is unconditional. When conditions, exceptions, and ultimatums are cast into the mix, its purity changes. It is no longer love and should be referred to by a less-desirable name.

When you understand that faith is God’s muscle at your disposal, moving mountains doesn’t seem so extraordinary.

Love is the ultimate no-calorie sweetener.

How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind.

Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity.

If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.

There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up.

Snowflakes fall from high.Flurries lift and twirl below.The world has turned white.

Comparisons are like rigid fingers—eager to point at a subject but unwilling to grasp it.

It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in something, somewhere, somehow, with someone. Make an ounce of difference.

You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there's more crud underneath those rocks.

My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us both from evils far worse than any fire-breathing dragon.

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?

Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.

You matter.You are important.There is a reason for your existence.You may not see or understand how this is true, but truth doesn't cease to be truth because of doubt, blindness, or ignor

Perfection is a paradigm meant to keep us striving and learning and growing. Like a wondrous sunset, perfection may be beyond our reach, but it is within our view and well worth seeking after.

A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after.

Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words.

Closed books are like closed eyes—you must open them to see anything.

Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown.

When problems beat upon you like a raging storm, search for the eye. You might not be able to avoid misfortunes, but you can find the calmest spot within them.

Just knowing you're not alone is often enough to kindle hope amid tragic circumstances.

Kisses are a means to plant on another's lips a smile glossed with happiness.

Boasting is one of those rare outfits that never looks good on you but makes you look stunning when modeled by your admirers.