“Their life is a lie. I would rather live an honest life than an admired” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331). — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure. — Richard Paul Evans 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
The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices. — Richard Paul Evans 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 Copy Share Image
I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget… — Richard Paul Evans 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
“Grief is a powerful force that settles in the heart like a dark, heavy fog. It was familiar territory to me.” — Richard Paul Evans 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
“It's been said that parents should give their children roots and wings. That was a perfect description of my parents. Even in… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“When I began writing this story, I thought I had some idea of what it was about. I was wrong. In my… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“You're lucky your mother died,' she said. I didn't like that. 'I'm lucky my mother died?' Between sobs she said, 'Your mother… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges.… — 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
There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
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
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
“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… — 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
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
If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from… — 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
“There's a big difference between us. I write non-fiction, you write fiction. I write truths that tell lies. You write lies that tell truths.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share
