Life Quote by Richard Paul Evans

““When I began writing this story, I thought I had some idea of what it was about. I was wrong. In my life writing I've discovered that there are times when a story, like architecture, is carefully designed, erected, and furnished. Then there are tales that take their own way, and I find myself being dragged along after them like a white-knuckled water skier behind a speedboat.””

Richard Paul Evans

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“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.…

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There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

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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.

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At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.

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“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…

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The first step of a journey is always the longest.

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“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.”

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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…

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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…

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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…

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