Quotes from Richard Paul Evans

Everyone can open a book not everyone can appreciate the beauty of the writing.

the measure of life is revealed in the quality of our relationships: with God, our families, our fellow men." - A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans

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.

Your a skid-mark on the underwear of humanity. -Ostin Liss

When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.

As you grow older, Michael, you'll learn an important lesson—that most people spend their entire lives wishing for a second chance to do what they should have done right the first time.

To not extend forgiveness is to burn the bridge that we ourselves must cross.

Sometimes it takes travelling the world to realize that it isn't ok to be different, it's freaking awesome!

Joy isn't the natural response to blessings - joy is what comes from acknowledging them.

there is no joy without gratitude

What a difference having a friend makes.

The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but its echo endures much longer.

I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely. How appropriate that I write this to myself.

The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.

The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.

It's not always wrong to quit. We should never hold onto a mistake just because we spent a lot of time making it.

It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it.

It is oftentimes a blessing to not know our limitations. It's the only way to accomplish the impossible.

You know, I've wondered if it's more painful to lose someone you love to death or to lose someone you love because she no longer loves you back." "I don't know," I said. "On the surface, it seems an easy question. It should be so much easier to lose someone who doesn't love you, because why would you want to be with someone who doesn't want you? But rejection's not an east road. A part of you always wonders what makes you so unlovable.

A united people is a smoldering revolution. A divided people is a conquered people.

We are all in motion, always. Those who are not climbing towards something are descending toward nothing.

Hatch never forgives and he never forgets," Zeus said. "He's like an elephant with anger management issues.

Deep in our hearts everyone walks free.

I once read that love is like a rose: we fixate on the blossom, but it's the thorny stem that keeps it alive and aloft. I think marriage is like that. Like my father said, the things of greatest value are the things we fight for. And in the end, if we do it right, we value the stem far more than the blossom