Top 50 Natalie Lloyd Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Your words matter more than you know.”

— Natalie Lloyd

2. “Some people are born starry. Some people shine so bright you can’t help but sit back and stare. Some people can’t help but shine.”

— Natalie Lloyd

3. “When life gets heavy, sometimes your heart needs to cut loose.”

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4. “My voice is never much louder than a ripple, but even small voices sound loud when you talk about things that matter.”

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5. “It is a known fact that the most extraordinary moments in a girl’s life come disguised as ordinary days.”

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6. “Sometimes the crazy ideas are the best ideas, Blue. They’re glorious.”

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7. “Fear is just a flashlight that helps you find your courage.”

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8. “Splendiferous. That’s your word. It’s yellow with six legs and it’s crawling up your arm.”

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9. “We call the women in our family the Wildflowers. Because no matter how difficult the circumstances, and no matter where the wind carried them, they bloomed, bold and bright.”

— Natalie Lloyd

10. “A soft breeze settled around our shoulders as we walked into the cemetery. That same breeze made the world around us shiver a little bit. The slick green leaves of the tall trees rustled, and the long curtain of ivy dangling from the branches began to wave. When the ivy blows in the graveyard, it casts the prettiest lacelike shadows on the ground. They remind me of banners, rippling over the dearly departed in silent celebration.”

— Natalie Lloyd

11. “If people were as nice as dogs, the world would be a much better place.”

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12. “Sometimes even doing the right thing will leave you with scars. But beauty comes from ashes, too. And I know that to be true.”

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13. “Maybe people can’t grow roots the same as trees do, but we both needed a place to dig in and grow some good memories.”

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14. “I know I’m lucky to have a place in the world so special I never want to leave it. But that doesn’t make the letting go any easier.”

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15. “If you’re brave enough to love, and forgive, and call up the factofabulous memories... there’s no curse in the world that has any power over you.”

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16. “It’s magical to me, the way memories hide in music.”

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17. “October made the leaves on Main Street fit for a crown. They dripped from the trees in jewel-toned shades: yellow and orange and fiery red. The cool wind sent a confetti-cluster of leaves down around us.”

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18. “I was surrounded by words and stories and dust-speckled light. That’s a pretty perfect way to be.”

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19. “Sometimes you don’t realize how special a place – or a person – really is until until they’re slipping away from you.”

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20. “I learned that courage and fear always come as a pair. If you’ve gone one inside you, you’ve surely got the other.”

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21. “Some books are so special that you never forget where you were the first time you read them.”

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22. “I wondered if there was something sacred, something everlasting, about melted ice cream and summer days and good stories.”

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23. “If the right person tells a story, I guess it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve heard it. Your heart still hears it brand new.”

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24. “Granny Blue said that everybody you meet is just a walking, talking broken heart. Some people just put the pieces back together better than others.”

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25. “So this is what I’ve decided: In the eyes of many people, I may never live an extraordinary life. But I will love in extraordinary ways. And I hope I choose to always see the best in people” -Emma.”

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26. “I guess I wanted permanent reminders that it’s possible to bloom, even when you feel defeated.”

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27. “When you love a thing, it looks worn out in a good way, a better way, the more you hold it.”

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28. “The human heart is a big thumping miracle, I decided. What else in the world could keep beating after being so broken?”

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29. “My eyes are tiny but they’ve taken in a world full of wonderful.”

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30. “Blue says true friends turn a bad day into something wonderful faster than a pancake flip.”

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31. “Birthdays are the worst when you’ve lost someone you love. Other days are that way too, of course, Tuesdays, Fridays, Sunday afternoons, holidays and school picture day and rainy days. There’s at least a few lonely minutes hiding in every day once you’ve said goodbye to someone you love.”

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32. “I think about how nobody knows how long they have in the world. And how we only get a certain number of words to say and share. I’d hate for the last words that come out of my mouth to be mean ones. I don’t want to waste my words” -Emma.”

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33. “I knew how that felt, to love a story so much you didn’t just want to read it, you wanted to feel it.”

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34. “But maybe every creature in the world needs to be reminded that they aren’t alone. That somebody cares about them. That they have a friend to lead them out of their present mess” -Emma.”

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35. “Some sanctuaries and special places are full of a sweet and peaceful darkness. They soothe your soul like a lullaby.”

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36. “Often in our darkest days, in our hardest times, that’s when we find our destiny.”

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37. “I know there is a true and scientific explanation of where he wind comes from. But I like to think it happens when clouds shrug their shoulders. When stars spin hard enough for a few lucky people on earth to get caught up in their cosmic whirl. Sometimes wind just feels like weather. But sometimes it feels special, like it’s carrying something with it” -Emma.”

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38. “It occurred to me that there are at least three indisputable facts about best friends: 1. They wait for you, and 2. They slow down enough to walk beside you, and 3. They always know when you need hot chocolate.”

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39. “There’s never an excuse to be cruel. When you meet someone new, think first about all the good and the sad and the wonder and the worry that’s probably blooming in their heart. Just like yours.”

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40. “You are never too old to be daring. Whether fifteen or ninety-five... believe your words have power. And use them.”

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41. “You definitely aren’t pretty like you were back then,” Boone said. He put his arm around Cleo and kissed her cheek. “You’re beautiful now. A person has to work hard to be your kind of beautiful, Cleo.”

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42. “I think it’s kind of a cool way to live – to find something to celebrate every day” -Cody Belle.”

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43. “Everything wonderful is possible.”

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44. “It took many years for me to see that hope doesn’t take sadness away,” Blue said sincerely. “But hope reminds you there’s something good in spite of the sadness. There’s joy still ahead, still yours for the taking.”

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45. “You are never too old to be daring. Whether fifteen or ninety-five, when the Destiny Dream finds you, believe your words have power. And use them.” -Daphne Prescott.”

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46. “Just when you think you don’t have it in you to bloom anymore, you do.”

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47. “Mostly when I pray, I picture God holding my heart up very gently to his ear, like it’s one of those big, fancy seashells with an ocean sound inside it. I’ve got a thousand tiny oceans inside me. And I think God listens carefully to every crashing wave, all the fears and hopes. Even if he doesn’t answer every single prayer, I think he keeps my heart safe.”

— Natalie Lloyd

48. “I hope every person in the world gets to have an experience so wondrous: the sweet tug at your heart when you look at a dog, and a dog looks at you, and you know you’re meant to take care of each other” -Emma.”

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49. “Because people need hope. You’d be amazed at what a person can do with just a pinch of it” -Blue.”

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50. “You’re a miracle because you exist. Everybody is.”

— Natalie Lloyd