Dear Teenage Self, That guy you're crazy about, Will ask you out On a date In about ten years, so don't fret You'll get there yet. But fate is cruel On that day, That feeling will have gone away.

— Joyce Rachelle

Dear World, I exist. Deal with it.

— Joyce Rachelle

Dementia: Is it more painful to forget, or to be forgotten?

— Joyce Rachelle

Don't be afraid to make mistakes. But if you do, make new ones. Life is too short to make the wrong choice twice.

— Joyce Rachelle

Don't stay in the harbor and miss the greatness of the sea. Just because everyone else is anchored, doesn't mean you have to be.

— Joyce Rachelle

Even the enemy needs permission from God to do what he wants with you.

— Joyce Rachelle

Every morning I tell myself, "I'll sleep early tonight." And every night I say, "One more chapter.

— Joyce Rachelle

Everything seems so small, so trivial, when you're on the right altitude.

— Joyce Rachelle

For a storyteller, an open ending leaves much room for imagination; for the inquisitive reader, however, it is a source of great anxiety.

— Joyce Rachelle

For in that perfect garden when one day entered sin, An animal was murdered for garments made of skin. When figs of human effort produced religious strife, The Father tailored clothing for Adam and his wife.

— Joyce Rachelle