My grandfather, a devout Christian, had the gift of healing. — Richard Paul Evans Catholic Copy Share Image
The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them. — Richard Paul Evans Reason Copy Share Image
Roses can grow in slums just as weeds can grow around mansions. — Richard Paul Evans Flower Copy Share Image
I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure. — Richard Paul Evans Difficult Copy Share Image
It's a shame that humans don't come with reset buttons. — Richard Paul Evans Buttons Copy Share Image
“Taylor, McKenna, Abigail, and Taylor simultaneously crouched over in pain.” — Richard Paul Evans Pain Copy Share Image
I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives. — Richard Paul Evans Believe Copy Share Image
The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept… — Richard Paul Evans Accepting Copy Share Image
To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before… — Richard Paul Evans Destination Copy Share Image
“I’m glad I have you for my boyfriend.” “Me too,” I said. “Sometimes I have to pinch myself.” She pinched my arm… — Richard Paul Evans Smiled Copy Share Image
You're the type who thinks of the glass as being half full, instead of half empty. "No," she said, "I'm just grateful… — Richard Paul Evans Empty Copy Share Image
Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage — Richard Paul Evans Animal Copy Share Image
What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance. — Richard Paul Evans Culture Copy Share Image
Those willing to trade freedom for certainty are certain to find the cure worse than the ailment. — Richard Paul Evans Ailments Copy Share Image
“I don't believe society has ever grown more tolerant. It just changes targets.” — Richard Paul Evans Goals Copy Share Image
From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life. — Richard Paul Evans Firsts Copy Share Image
“The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but its echo endures much longer.” — Richard Paul Evans Inspirational Copy Share Image
“It's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to… — Richard Paul Evans Counsel Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more excruciating than waiting for the jury's verdict. Except, perhaps, hearing the jury's verdict.” — Richard Paul Evans Life Copy Share Image
“The more I study history the more I realize how little mankind has changed. There are no new scripts, just different actors.” — Richard Paul Evans History Copy Share Image
“I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality.” — Richard Paul Evans Celebrating 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 Forget Copy Share Image
“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest. (The Walk - Chapter 19, Page 122” — Richard Paul Evans Dark times Copy Share Image
“Magnetism is not like in the superhero movies. I couldn’t pull a car toward myself, because a car weighs more than I… — Richard Paul Evans Magnetism Copy Share Image
The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done. — Richard Paul Evans Belief Copy Share Image
“Love yourself. Respect yourself. And have faith. The older I get, the more I see that things tend to work out. Not… — Richard Paul Evans Faith Copy Share Image
Mr. Dallstrom is a bald, scarecrow of a man with a poochy stomache. Think of a pregnant Abraham Lincoln. — Richard Paul Evans Abraham 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 Indication Copy Share Image
“Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.” — Richard Paul Evans Fire Copy Share Image
“I believe that, for the most part, we don’t succeed in spite of our hardships but precisely because of them.” — Richard Paul Evans Hardships Copy Share Image
“Because even that little boy knows that love can’t be earned. The only true love is grace. All else is a counterfeit.” — Richard Paul Evans Grace Copy Share Image
The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not. — Richard Paul Evans Alright Copy Share Image
I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty… — Richard Paul Evans Beauty 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… — Richard Paul Evans Adults Copy Share Image
“We live in a world that’s always making us work for love. It’s cause and effect. That’s the story of my childhood.… — Richard Paul Evans Cause and effect Copy Share Image
It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number. — Richard Paul Evans Love Copy Share Image
“Writing always came naturally to me. It was like speaking, but easier. Actually, a lot easier.” — Richard Paul Evans Writer Copy Share Image
The strength of a friendship can be measured by the weight of the burden it's willing to share. (If you want to… — Richard Paul Evans Asks Copy Share Image
