Top 120 Joyce Rachelle Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Indifference destroys vocation unlike any other intangible force, for the reason that it shakes the very core of our motivation for doing what we do.”

— Joyce Rachelle

102. “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.”

— Joyce Rachelle

103. “Whatever that place is, I don’t much care – not unless a book has happened there.”

— Joyce Rachelle

104. “When I told you I loved that song, you were meant to listen.”

— Joyce Rachelle

105. “Those who claim to be on the side of good yet do nothing to fight evil are on the side of evil.”

— Joyce Rachelle

106. “Writers don’t forget the past; they turn it into raw material.”

— Joyce Rachelle

107. “One can hardly do anything productive when one knows there is cake in the fridge.”

— Joyce Rachelle

108. “May any praise of your character come from others instead of yourself.”

— Joyce Rachelle

109. “When a bookworm finally decides to leave the house, perhaps to explore some literary destination in one of her novels, she will be surprised to know that there is a volatile, often antagonistic force in the real world known as the weather.”

— Joyce Rachelle

110. “You can do everything right and still feel out of place.”

— Joyce Rachelle

111. “If a normally kind, agreeable person makes an enemy of you, you ought to ask yourself why.”

— Joyce Rachelle

112. “I think we each have a certain number of unnecessary apologies, which we willingly dish out before we realize it’s time to stand and fight. I may still have two or three left.”

— Joyce Rachelle

113. “If you have to keep telling yourself it doesn’t matter, it probably does.”

— Joyce Rachelle

114. “We hardly ever talk about trauma afterwards, because it helps to live in a world where we can pretend it never happened.”

— Joyce Rachelle

115. “We are semipermeable membranes. We can pick and choose which troubles are worthy of our attention. What sinks us can only do so with our permission; a boat stays afloat until the water gets in.”

— Joyce Rachelle

116. “You’re only naive once. Use it well.”

— Joyce Rachelle

117. “One of the hardest journeys you make is the one you take from the bus you were thrown under.”

— Joyce Rachelle

118. “Beware the storyteller with a huge grievance and an artistic license.”

— Joyce Rachelle

119. “Take care not to welcome today the terrors that will make yesterday’s demons look like angels.”

— Joyce Rachelle

120. “There are some things I would gladly do, but not if someone told me to.”

— Joyce Rachelle

121. “Non-fiction is to theory as fiction is to experience.”

— Joyce Rachelle

122. “Life did come with a manual.”

— Joyce Rachelle

123. “There should be anger management classes for those of us who bottle it up.”

— Joyce Rachelle

124. “First rule of exposition: Less is more.”

— Joyce Rachelle

125. “I may eventually wear high heels because I choose to, not because you made me.”

— Joyce Rachelle

126. “I often buy print books only after I’ve read them in some digital form or other. It’s my odd way of keeping the physical presence of the best among multitudes. And I only have one shelf.”

— Joyce Rachelle

127. “It’s all about motive. Climbing up and climbing out look the same on the outside.”

— Joyce Rachelle

128. “Solitary walks are great for getting new ideas. It’s like you’re in a video game and you pick up idea coins on the way.”

— Joyce Rachelle

129. “They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn’t pay by the hour.”

— Joyce Rachelle