Rachel Coker > Quotes

“I tried to smile back. Now, don't get me wrong. Sam Carroll wasn't a creep or a bully or anything. It's just that he was... well, he was Sam Carroll, for goodness' sake. I'd only known him for forever and he'd only followed me around for even longer.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“Maybe that's what our friendship was. It was the feeling that we didn't have to speak or explain. We could sit in the darkness and watch the tadpoles just as easily as we could lie out in the heat and breathe in the smell of peaches and gravel, all without saying a word.”
― Rachel Coker

“I licked my sugary, lemonade-soaked lips and leaned my head against the porch post. The sky was bluer than the ocean- a light, jewel-toned blue. What would it be like to wear a necklace made of sky stones? I tossed the idea around in my mind, smiling to myself.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“I licked my sugary, lemonade-soaked lips and leaned my head against the porch post. The sky was bluer than the ocean- a light, jewel-toned blue. What would it be like to wear a necklace made of sky stones? I tossed the idea around in my mind, smiling to myself.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“The beauty of salvation and Gods grace isn't in him solving all of our problems instantly, like a magic genie. Its beauty comes in the assurance that he has a greater plan for you.”
― Rachel Coker, Chasing Jupiter

“faith isn't about superstition or leaning on others because you haven't got any...guts. It takes guts to believe sometimes. To know that even when things don't look like they're going well, God is still there and he is guiding you. Faith like that -- the faith to trust Christ enough to take the place for your sins and take control of your life. Faith like that takes all the guts in the world. And it's worth it. Do you believe me?”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“I want to live in the country someday. Far away from the world … in my own little haven of beauty.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“I think I could. I think I can fit a rather large amount of things in my heart, actually. It seems to increase every day now.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“I want to hold this love inside of me, because I'm afraid if I let it out, he'll take it with him and I'll lose him.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words

“I realized I needed God, not to get rid of the turmoil in my life, but to eliminate the turmoil in my heart.”
― Rachel Coker, Chasing Jupiter

“You don't have to tell him how you feel. You can stay perched in your birdcage forever.' Her voice softened. 'Or you can fly.”
― Rachel Coker, Chasing Jupiter

“You know I always say that a
healthy appetite for books leads to a girl with more than looks.”
― Rachel Coker, Interrupted: A Life Beyond Words