The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood [p. 53] — Richard Paul Evans Childhood Copy Share Image
Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life. — Richard Paul Evans Denial Copy Share Image
“Their life is a lie. I would rather live an honest life than an admired” — Richard Paul Evans Honest Copy Share Image
That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“They say love is blind, but it's not. Infatuation is blind. Emotional neediness is blind. Love sees the fault, it just sees… — Richard Paul Evans Blind love Copy Share Image
The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the… — Richard Paul Evans Journey Copy Share Image
Can you ever forgive me? I already have. How could you? I don't deserve it. That's what makes it love. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others. --- Charles James's Diary” — Richard Paul Evans Grace Copy Share Image
The universe is a trillion, trillion threads moving in seemingly unrelated directions. Yet when you look at them together, they create a… — Richard Paul Evans Christmas Copy Share Image
“Our thoughts are not arrows haphazardly shot out into the cosmos. They are boomerangs.” — Richard Paul Evans Astronomy Copy Share Image
“You're not my boss, Alan." He returned to his game. Honestly, my first instinct was to smack the kid, but i doubted… — Richard Paul Evans Parenting Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.” — Richard Paul Evans Desires Copy Share Image
Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Broken vows are like broken mirrors. They leave those who held to them bleeding and staring at fractured images of themselves. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it? — Richard Paul Evans Damning Copy Share Image
“Nothing heals the soul like chocolate," she said. "I just love chocolate. It's God's apology for broccoli.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for. — Richard Paul Evans Book Copy Share Image
The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices. — Richard Paul Evans Choices Copy Share Image
Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“You darling, sweet man. I’m so sorry for your pain. I wish I could have taken it from you. But you’ve carried… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Humanity is always looking for the next great world, the next frontier. I wonder how different this world would be if we… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“...when faced with overwhelming loss and stress, a man must choose to live and find his own way through his broken heart.” — Richard Paul Evans Death Copy Share Image
“To the thief, everyone’s a crook. To the liar, everyone’s a fraud. The curse of all sin is the mirror of false… — Richard Paul Evans False perception Copy Share Image
It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered. — Richard Paul Evans Committing suicide Copy Share Image
“I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely. How appropriate that I write this to… — Richard Paul Evans Depression Copy Share Image
Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another. — Richard Paul Evans Faith Copy Share Image
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans Book Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of people. Those who climb mountains and those who sit in the shadow of the mountains and critique… — Richard Paul Evans Climbers Copy Share Image
I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“It’s like they say, holding on to anger is like swallowing poison and hoping someone else will die.” — Richard Paul Evans Anger Copy Share Image
“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.” — Richard Paul Evans Earth Copy Share Image
People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Grief is a powerful force that settles in the heart like a dark, heavy fog. It was familiar territory to me.” — Richard Paul Evans Experience Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of suffering in this life. That which pursues us and that which we doggedly pursue. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Geography is my strong subject,” Ostin said. “Everything is your strong subject,” Taylor said.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image