Paralyzed Quotes

“One must weather the storm to spy the rainbows.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“Life is full of magic and if you try and explain it all then you lose the opportunity for bewilderment, which is a beautiful thing – Dr. Dave Raydon”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He never had anything for all of his life, and regarded being rich as akin to living full time on the moon, but suddenly he felt as though he was the wealthiest man on Earth.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“Today we remember the man who brought magic back to this world by lighting a spark in all of you. You are all his legacy. You are the magic of Vagabond Circus.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“This man appearing weak was like the sun rising in the middle of the night. These things just didn’t make sense.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He drew back an inch and cupped her face in both his hands, both his eyes piercing her soul from the outside. “Anything I can ever give you is yours. Always know that.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“When a person can’t fully care for themselves they will suffer abuse to avoid the fear of the unknown. That one thing, the unknown, is worse than anything else for prisoners. They’d rather have the certainty of pain and neglect than the uncertainty of a new life”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“It made him all at once believe in the impossible, hope for days of richness, and yearn for everything he never felt he deserved.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She didn’t like the way her heart felt, fragile in her chest, like it was a brand new shell being tossed into the violent ocean.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“The way the big top looked right then expressed perfectly how she felt. Empty. Abandoned. Alone.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“I know there’s no way that I deserve you,” he said, cutting her off, his voice a half whisper. “We make no sense together. We are so different that our involvement should be illegal, but that doesn’t change my instinct on this. I sense we’re connected, and for a reason.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He felt too far away and too close at the same time.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She had turned to her anger, harboring herself there. A ship anchored in tumultuous water.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He stood lamely staring out at the grief-stricken crowd like he was watching a hurricane wreak havoc outside his window. He was powerless to stop the destruction but it was his burden to watch it transpire.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“For her it had always been easy to apologize. It was simple to admit her mistakes because otherwise they seemed to lie across her lap paralyzing her until she said those two words. Then her blunder flew away to the trees where all wrong deeds lived after being made right.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“Most people gawked at her because of her exotic appearance or stared with envy at her beauty. However, he always looked at her in a studious way, as if he was trying to piece her together like she was a marble puzzle. A statue he was constructing from parts of her abstract soul.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“His gaze appeared to try and pull her apart at the seams so he could make her anew.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She noticed then how nice his teeth were. There had been little opportunity to see them, as the guy hardly ever smiled. His white teeth were flat in all the right places. Sharp in all the other right places.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He was impoverished in every way that meant something to him. However, he did have his health. But that only made him alive when he wished he was dead.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She looked like a doll made by the cruelest toy maker.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“And she was pretty certain over the next few days they were going to tear each other’s hearts in pieces when she knew all they wanted was to love one another.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She felt instinctually like he could mend her, but she must be going insane with pain because he was the last person she’d trust with that job.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He didn’t have a companion, but he had the circus. He was alive with creativity. Long gone were the headaches and bouts of depression. He was in love with the creative process and that kept him warm at night.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“The ringmaster wasn’t the sneaking type. He bounded out into open spaces welcoming a new experience and all the magic that a new day brought. When he entered a space, people knew it. Felt it. Things shifted. Usually people’s demeanors shifted too.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“The ringmaster’s presence was the sun to Vagabond Circus. His round happy face started each day for most. And his presence marked hope and growth and light.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“She had to be close to him over the next few days and keep him as far away as possible.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed

“He felt like a toddler who’d just been given a prosperous nation to lead. He was doomed. And he wanted to run.”
― Sarah Noffke, Paralyzed