1,627 Quotes by Richelle E. Goodrich

Reality and fantasy are not two separate spheres but one whole. They are like a world’s atmosphere – reality behaving as a low front, fantasy a high front. Each remains somewhat distinguishable and yet they swirl and join, affecting and manipulating the other. One cannot perceive where reality ends and fantasy begins, but life would grow stagnant and die without the influence of both.

It’s silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case.

For things I am not thankful for – experiences I would never volunteer to relive – I recognize how they have changed me. My depth of compassion and humility, the sincerity of my empathy and understanding, and the duration of my patience have all been refined by bitter suffering. I thank God for the lessons learned. I am a better person for it, but I still abhor those awful trials.

If throughout your entire life you make no fortune; travel next to nowhere; obtain a meager education; invent nothing new; are a stranger to fame; lack talent, wit, and charm – if these things are true and yet in the heart of every human who crosses your path you plant a seed of happiness, or, at the very least, you coax a smile from the saddest faces, your life will indeed be the greatest success story ever.

Life is a bonfire where everyone else has brought marshmallows, and you – a stick.

It’s easy to give advice on trials that have caused you to stumble. It’s harder to talk about those that have knocked you flat.

I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don’t imagine that it’s there; it’s there waiting to be noticed.

You need tell me nothing; I already know your heart. Through your simplest choices you’ve given yourself away.

All human beings wield influence – a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care.