Quotes from Richard Paul Evans

I don't get that, I mean, what's power? Let's say he suddenly becomes king of the world. What is he going to do with it that he can't do now? Is his food going to taste better? Is the weather going to be nicer? Will love feel better? I just don't understand that mentality.

Never trade what you love for what's behind curtain B. Never.

There's no such thing as privacy with Ian," Taylor said. "I think of that every time I shower," Nichelle said. "It doesn't matter if you're showering," I said. "He can see through your clothes, anyway." "That makes me feel a lot better," Nichelle said sardonically.

Ostin suddenly nodded. "Oh, I get it. It's payback. Let her stew in her own juices. Awesome.

He didn't understand that one person's love is better than a thousand people's approval.

The thing is, we use past relationships like maps to navigate new ones. But it doesn't work that way, because every human, every relationship is different. It's like trying to use a map of Las Vegas to get around Vermont. It won't work. That's why so many people get lost.

None of us has a death wish.

There have been seasons of my life when rejection rained down. And then there have been typhoons. Kimberly Rossi's Diary

Forgiveness is release — to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free. To not forgive is to chain oneself to people and circumstances of the past. In doing so, our past becomes our future.

Though adversity is the fertile soil in which the human spirit best grows, we loathe it still. I do not see how it can be otherwise, for no rational being seeks out pain and misfortune. Still, I cannot help but wonder if it is not somehow wrong to enjoy the fruit but curse the tree.

An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.

McKenna dropped to her knees, then fell to her side on the asphalt, moaning

I had locked from him the deepest chambers of my fear, only to discover that he had his own key.

There isn't time for regret. There never is.

Nichelle staring at Jack.

Just like my great-grandfather," Jack said. "He died in his sleep. Much more peacefully than the screaming passengers in the car he was driving.

Everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

All gold does not glitter.

Nowhere is our vision more distorted than when we turn it on ourselves.

Expression requires freedom. It seems to me that no matter what you say in this world, someone will be offended.

My father served in Vietnam. When I was young he told me that everyone needs an emotional foxhole. A place to hide when life's storms hit.

Just seeing the sign brought pain. There was so much I would do differently. I read somewhere that too often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with. I could relate to that.

Grief isn't a luxury, it's an appropriate response to loss. You don't just will it away. If you allow it to run its course, it will fade with time, but if you ignore it or pretend it doesn't exist, it only gets worse.

There is nothing as weak as water, but when it attacks and is persistent, nothing can withstand it. -Lao Tse