Quotes from Richard Paul Evans

You only live once, girl," and she'd buckle up for the ride. I suppose that my mind was probably somewhere in Zoeyland when I decided to say yes.

Heroes.... More times than not, they are humble beings: small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

Nothing is more excruciating than waiting for the jury's verdict. Except, perhaps, hearing the jury's verdict. Alan Christoffersen's diary

Is this hell, to be stuck in a continual loop of our greatest disappointments? [Richelle Bach's diary]

The most important story we will ever write in our life is our own -- not with ink, but with our daily choices.

It's like being dead without the commitment.

People always say that no matter how awful things are, there's always someone suffering more. It's true. It's not really helpful, but it's true.

Life has a way of making us pay for our happiness. [Richelle Bach]

If someone says something that has no basis in truth, it doesn't bother us much. It's the things we fear they might be right about that hurt.

Any time you put all your eggs in one basket, you're just one stumble away from catastrophe. [Terri]

The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others.

Einstein said that insantiy is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

We can't let crazy people dictate our lives.

We do not always believe things because they're true. More often than not, we believe things because they're expedient.

There will always be people like that. Don't give them your time or your sanity.

As much as I have schemed and planned to the contrary, the most central experinces of my life have all been accidents.

I know—I knew it then—but I didn't believe it. Belief and knowledge aren't the same thing. Belief is much more powerful.

When you're struggling with lack, it's easy to become obsessed with all you don't have and forget what you do.

Belief and knowledge aren't the same thing. Belief is much more powerful.

A full week cooped up in the hotel? Just shoot me now.

It's been said that the Magi, wise men, gazed up into the night skies, following a star. But they were not looking for a star. They were looking for hope. Hope of a new world. Hope of redemption. Light is not found in dark places, & hope is not found looking down or looking back. May you always look up.

Every story is a road. And on all roads there are potholes and bumps, detours and unexpected encounters.

but a good writer knows when to shut up and listen.

The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others. —CHARLES JAMES'S DIARY