Joyce Rachelle

When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops.

When people say they're unemployed, bored, or have nothing to do, I sigh and think, "If only time were transferable.

The more time you have to do things, the less you are able to get done.

There is a real danger when caring begins to lose its emotional dimension and becomes nothing but a verb.

I think the worst sort of time travel is how the clock speeds up when I'm on my break.

Take comfort in the knowledge that you are different, even from the different ones.

Life did come with a manual.

What advantage has the person who will not listen over the one who cannot hear?

Frustration often steers you to the right path.

Not everything that happens in your life has to hit you like a hurricane.

You will do well not to write for money, not because you won't get rich doing it, but because writing fueled by that sort of motivation becomes dull and lifeless and mediocre.

Ambition is a stairway that never ends.

When you are entrusted with a secret, you become irrevocably accountable for what you do or don't do after your mind is colored by the knowledge of it.

If people keep stepping on you, wear a pointy hat.

It's because the door hasn't been closed yet that the nightmares still find their way in.

Be thankful when you find yourself worrying about the smallest things, for it often means there aren't any bigger things to truly worry about.

How difficult it is to find solitude in a world that constantly demands your attention.

How did I prepare for night shifts? When I was a small, anxious kid, I checked my mom in her sleep to make sure she was still breathing.