“If you love only those who give you happy news, you will never love those worthy of your trust. For those who love you will speak truth, and truth is not always happy, but it is always a blessing.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“I've found that when someone is beautiful on the outside, but spiritually dark inside, all that outer beauty is just lipstick on a pig.… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“I'm no one important or famous, no matter. It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number. I have loved and been loved as deeply as a man can hope for. Which makes me a lucky man. It also means that I have suffered. Life has taught… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow pulled from his own bow. It is the single universal trait which the great of this earth have all shared, while the shadows… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
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