Richard Paul Evans: Trending quotes

“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”

“It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.”

“The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own—not with ink, but with our daily choices.”

“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.”

“Books are the most tolerant of friends.”

“I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are.”

“Love is never convenient-and rarely painless”

“Feelings can be like wild animals-we underrate how fierce they are until we've opened their cage”

“Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.”

“We are chained to that which we do not forgive”

“Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life.”

“The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather. Procrastination is the thief of dreams.”

“I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and
difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.”

“Usually life’s greatest gifts come wrapped in adversity.”

“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.”

“Nothing heals the soul like chocolate… It's God's apology for broccoli.”

“Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school. "You should have resisted. That's like blaming someone who was struck by lightning for getting in the way.”

“We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside”

“Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.”