#richelle

Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#ambition #challenges #dreams #goals #journey

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. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#failure #learning #mistakes #richelle #richelle-goodrich

Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#experience #failure #learning-from-mistakes #mistakes #richelle

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#creativity #inopportunity #jealousy #need #richelle

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#last-sacrifice #life #richelle-mead #sonya-karp #vampire-academy

There's nothing worse than waiting and not knowing what'll happen to you. Your own imagination can be crueler than any captor. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#frostbite #mead #richelle #vampire #imagination

The incident with Dawn hadn't been one of my finer moments. I honestly hadn't expected to break any bones when I shoved her into a tree. Still, the incident had given me a dangerous reputation. The story had gained legendary status, and I liked to imagine that it was still being told around campfires late at night. Judging by the look on the girl's face, it was. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#rose-hathaway #vampire-academy #imagination

I don’t suppose there’s a Georgina Kincaid Instruction Manual around somewhere to help me avoid these embarrassing blunders in the future.” “We sell them downstairs.” “Oh yeah? Is there a page on how to woo the fair Georgina?” “Page? Hell, there’s a whole chapter.” “Required reading, I’d imagine.” “Definitely. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-blues #imagination

Why is it we must suffer the loss of something so dear before we realize what a treasure we had? Why must the sun be darkened before we feel how genuinely impossible it is to live without its warmth? Why within the misery of absence does love grow by such bounds? Why must life be this way? It is a strange existence where such suffering makes us far better people. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#hardship #improving #learning #life #richelle

Love is rarely flawless,” Carter pointed out. “Humans delude themselves by thinking it has to be. It is the imperfection that makes love perfect. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#richelle-mead #succubus-blues #love