The Key to Extraordinary Quotes

“Some books are so special that you never forget where you were the first time you read them.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“The human heart is a big thumping miracle, I decided. What else in the world could keep beating after being so broken?”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Fear is just a flashlight that helps you find your courage”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“My voice is never much louder than a ripple, but even small voices sound loud when you talk about things that matter.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“I learned that courage and fear always come as a pair. If you've gone one inside you, you've surely got the other.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Just when you think you don't have it in you to bloom anymore, you do.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Every day you live is a day for dreaming.
Every day is a day for adventuring.
And every day is for sharing with people you love,
because love's all that lasts.
It's the only thing we all carry out of this world.
It connects us all, in the end"
-Emma”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“You are never too old to be daring. Whether fifteen or ninety-five...believe your words have power. And use them.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“She said fear is just a flashlight that helps you find your courage.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Everything wonderful is possible.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Sometimes you don't realize how special a place - or a person - really is until until they're slipping away from you.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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, The Key to Extraordinary

“Often in our darkest days, in our hardest times, that's when we find our destiny.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“It is a known fact that the most extraordinary moments in a person's life come disguised as ordinary days.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Some sanctuaries and special places are full of a sweet and peaceful darkness. They soothe your soul like a lullaby.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“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, The Key to Extraordinary

“Blue says true friends turn a bad day into something wonderful faster than a pancake flip.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“I guess I wanted permanent reminders that it's possible to bloom, even when you feel defeated.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“...courage and fear always come as a pair. If you've got one inside you, you've surely got the other.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“If people were as nice as dogs, the world would be a much better place.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“It took many years for me to see that hope doesn't take sadness away. But hope reminds you there's something good in spite of the sadness. There's joy still ahead, still yours for the taking" -Blue”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“Because people need hope. You'd be amazed at what a person can do with just a pinch of it" -Blue”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary

“When you love a thing, it looks worn out in a good way, a better way, the more you hold it.”
― Natalie Lloyd, The Key to Extraordinary