Live The Vibrant Life
“You don’t have to say anything.”
He sat back in his chair. “I won’t. As always, words fail when you most want to say the right thing.” “People think they have to say something, and it never makes me feel better.”
“I know. I’ve decided language isn’t as advanced as we think it is. We’re still apes trying to express our thoughts with grunts while most of what we want to communicate stays locked in our brains.”
― Glendy Vanderah, Where the Forest Meets the Stars
The light from a kindred spirit can’t heal the brokenness, but it pours into the weakened soul the strength to stand again.
― J.A. Andrews, Dragon’s Reach
A collection of short stories by Emily Romrell
Sometimes life calls on you even when you don’t raise your hand.
Glitch by Laura Martin is delightful. The author did a great job creating two main characters who had depth and exhibited both likable and annoying traits. I loved learning new tidbits about history.
Right now I’d like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I’d give each a black eye.
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.
The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
You want to know someone? Heart, mind and soul? Ask him to tell you about when he was born. What you get won’t be the truth: it will be a story. And nothing is more telling than a story.
It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.