“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Christmas Box
“Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life. ”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Christmas Box
“The human life cycle no less than evolves around the box; from the open-topped box called a bassinet, to the pine box we call a coffin, the box is our past and, just as assuredly, our future. It should not surprise us then that the lowly box plays such a significant role in the first Christmas story. For Christmas began in a humble, hay-filled box of splintered wood. The Magi, wise men who had traveled far to see the infant king, laid treasure-filled boxes at the feet of that holy child. And in the end, when He had ransomed our sins with His blood, the Lord of Christmas was laid down in a box of stone. How fitting that each Christmas season brightly wrapped boxes skirt the pine boughs of Christmas trees around the world. ”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Christmas Box
“They say that time heals all wounds. But even as wounds heal they leave scars, token reminders of the pain.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Christmas Box
“The first gift of Christmas was love. A parent's love. Pure as the first snows of Christmas. For God so loved His children that He sent His son, that someday we might return to Him.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Christmas Box
Richard Paul Evans
Born place: in Salt Lake City, Utah, The United States
Born date October 11, 1962
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“If one could only get out of a grief as one gets out of a city!”
― Victor Hugo, quote from The Man Who Laughs
“We all start out so damn sure, thinking we've got the world on a string. If we ever stopped to think about the infinite number of ways we could be undone, we'd never leave our bedrooms.”
― Jonathan Tropper, quote from This is Where I Leave You
“If it can be controlled in thermonuclear reactions, it turns
out that the energy that can be obtained from 10 quarts of water per second is equal
to all of the electrical power generated in the United States. With 150 gallons of
running water a minute, you have enough fuel to supply all the energy which is
used in the United States today! Therefore it is up to the physicist to figure out
how to liberate us from the need for having energy. It can be done.”
― Richard Feynman, quote from The Feynman Lectures on Physics
“Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Warrior of the Light
“It hit him in that moment in a way he knew he’d never forget that he could take that hand and she could lead him anywhere. Just tip up her lips, turn those eyes to him and hold out her hand and he’d go straight to hell with her and do it smiling.”
― Kristen Ashley, quote from The Will
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