Melody Carlson Quotes

Mostly I think I've learned to trust God more. I mean, if I start getting worried or freaked, I just try to put it in God's hands. Sometimes I imagine God cradling the globe in his hands, and I tell myself that as long as I'm with God, the Creator of the universe, I can be comfortable and at home anyplace on the planet.

Melody Carlson

• Thinking
• Sometimes
• Imagine

To the casual observer it looks like I have moved on since I go around wearing my little happy mask all day. I smile and laugh and carry on like my heart's still in one piece, but beneath it all, I am dying.

Melody Carlson

• Smile
• Laugh
• Laughing

But fear is confusing. It tears you in two. Half of you wants to run far, far away, but the other half is paralyzed, frozen, immovable. And the hard part is that you never know which half is going to win.

Melody Carlson

• Running
• Winning
• Frozen

Shut off the internal bashing.

Melody Carlson

• Teenage
• Internals

Being a teenager these days is not for the faint of heart.

Melody Carlson

• Heart
• Teenager
• Faint

It takes a good habit to replace a bad habit.

Melody Carlson

• Girl
• Habits
• Teenage

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?

Melody Carlson

• Beautiful
• Matter
• Accepting

I grew up in a difficult environment, but I became a Christian as a teen. My mom and my sister soon became Christians also.

Melody Carlson

• Christian
• Environment
• Difficult

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

Melody Carlson

• Swimming
• Rivers