Geoffrey S. Fletcher Quotes

I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.

I have been drawn to stories that are attempting to turn suffering into beauty.

I just want to share with everyone that no matter what challenges, adversities you face in life, that you can overcome them... and once you overcome those adversities, use your story, your testimony to others, to help others get through their storm.

I'm just trying to say that it should reassure us that the inevitable traumas of being human do end up producing some good. Otherwise, the human condition is overwhelmingly depressing.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

Wheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.

People wrote the most beautiful things during the ugliest times.

I speak to people who have been through so much more.

It gives one hope, this great strength of Africa.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Even in the hardest circumstances, dreams can give you the courage to live, and I hope I can share that message with children in need.

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

Don't give up because of the dark days. Succeed in spite of them. The dark days make the bright days seem even brighter. So bright you can hardly stand it.

I see courage everywhere I go in Africa.

I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

I'm all for the banalities of life and humiliation and everyday tragedies, but I also think people have big moments, and they have bigness in them.

For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go - and that's up.

I just want people to know that they can make it through hard times like I did.

I feel like my story could hopefully inspire others who've faced hard times.

The pain that all people experience in life and the light that helps them champion through it all - it's their lives and their stories and their love and will to keep living that moves me to write.

I want the other Victorias out there, the people that are suffering or going through something, to keep fighting.