“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“Small kindnesses often, unintentionally, produce the biggest payoffs.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“Some people deal with their problems by talking them to death. In fact, some enjoy the execution so much they resurrect their problems just so they can kill them again.-Nathan Hurst”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“I’ve come to know that what we want in life is the
greatest indication of who we really are.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“You know how before you buy a house you hire someone to come check it out and write a homebuyer's report? Someone should do that for husbands. Before you get married, you should have a complete inspection to find out what's broken, if it's fixable, and how much it will cost to repair.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“I once heard it said that everyone needs love-and if they're denied, they'll find it, or a reasonable substitute somewhere.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“To the thief, everyone’s a crook. To the liar, everyone’s a fraud. The curse of all sin is the mirror of false perception it traps us in.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“It seems that the most significant events in our lives happen while we’re worried about something else happening.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
“Our thoughts are not arrows haphazardly shot out into the cosmos. They are boomerangs.”
― Richard Paul Evans, quote from The Gift
Richard Paul Evans
Born place: in Salt Lake City, Utah, The United States
Born date October 11, 1962
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“I love you the way creatures like us ought to be loved—secretly and unwillingly, within the dark shadow between my heart and my soul.”
― Amy A. Bartol, quote from Indebted
“Who is that woman? How did she find us?”
“She’s ex-Mafia.” I inhale, like I just admitted I’m ex-Mafia or something. It doesn’t help that Mom glares at me as if I just confessed it, too.
“Seriously, ex-Mafia? Like, the Mafia?”
I nod.
“Poseidon’s beard,” she mutters.
I’m pretty sure I won’t get used to my mom using fishy cuss words anytime soon.
“Try to lose her.”
“It’s a long straight road with hardly any turns.”
“Well, speed up!” She pops open the glove compartment. Then pulls out a freaking gun.
“Mom-“
“Don’t start. It’s just to scare her. Usually all you have to do is show someone that you have a gun and that you’re not going to take any crap-“
“Did you hear what I said? She’s ex-Mob. Her gun probably eats guns like that for breakfast.”
― Anna Banks, quote from Of Triton
“You want a lesson, boy? If you find yourself being born, climb back in as quick as you can, because life's a bottomless feast of shit.”
― Scott Lynch, quote from The Republic of Thieves
“Jesus smiled, “So, you believe because you’ve seen with your own eyes. Good! But better blessings are in store for those who believe without seeing.”
― D.C. Talk, quote from Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks
“Y Won’t U B With Me, Kate?
Oh, Kate, Y won’t U B with me?
Kate, Don’t U know what U mean to me?
I look at the dirty dishes piling up in the sink
and all I can think
is Kate
U kept the place so clean
Kate, I treated U like a queen
Oh, Kate, U mean the world to me
Kate, Come home to me
Oh, Kate, Y can’t it B
Like it used to B
Because this world ain’t meant for lovers
No, this world ain’t meant for U and me
Because the bureaucrats in Washington, they’ll set off the bombs, so what’s the point,
Kate?
We’re all just going to die, anyway.
So, Kate, Y won’t U B with me?
—Dale Carter, All Rights Reserved”
― Meg Cabot, quote from Boy Meets Girl
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