Nancy Arroyo Ruffin > Quotes

“Do not be afraid to color outside the lines. Take risks and do not be afraid to fail. Know that when the world knocks you down, the best revenge is to get up and continue forging ahead.Do not be afraid to be different or to stand up for what's right. Never quiet your voice to make someone else feel comfortable. No one remembers the person that fits in. It's the one who stands out that people will not be able to forget.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity

“I will teach my daughter to color outside the lines, to make mistakes, to take risks, and not be afraid to fail. I will teach her that even when the world tries to knock her down the best revenge is getting up and forging ahead. I will teach her to be brave enough to be different, to stand up for what's right. To never quiet her voice to make someone else feel comfortable. Because no one remembers the person that fits in. It's the one who stands out that people won't be able to forget.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity

“Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't be a best seller, but you must write anyway. You have to write because you love it, because it fuels you, because you can feel the stories living inside you, nudging you, prodding you, itching to get out and the only thing worse than writing it and failing is not writing it. As the late Maya Angelou once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

Even if your work doesn't resonate with others, it is still worth writing. And that in itself, is what's important.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin

“The best thing parents can do for their children is allow them to be who they were born to be.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin

“I still wake longing for your touch
Skin open wound raw
because I was told
that's the only way to heal.
I couldn't tame you
you weren't meant for domestication
meant to roam free
but I still remember
the first time you said "I love you"
a whisper barely audible
afraid of choking on your words
or mine
you preferred me voiceless
blank stare submissive
swallowing back years of lost time
waiting for you to change.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity

“You more than anyone else deserve to be loved and happy. Do not remain in any relationship that robs you of those two things.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Welcome To Heartbreak: A collection of poems, short stories, and affirmations about love, life & heartbreak.

“I never wanted to be saved, just loved in ways that would make the Gods jealous.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Coming Undone

“Children are God's way of saving us. They give us a second chance at getting it right.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity

“You more than anyone else dederve to be loved and happy. Do not remain in any relationship that robs you of those two things.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity

“Pride is instilled. It's what we carry with us every day of our lives.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Letters to My Daughter: A collection of short stories and poems about Love, Pride, and Identity