In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions - but I'm coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey. Richard Paul Evans More Quotes by Richard Paul Evans More Quotes From Richard Paul Evans I've yet to read a love story that compares with mine. Richard Paul Evans compare love-story stories I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331). Richard Paul Evans life-is knows want Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it. Richard Paul Evans clear form suffering The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain. Richard Paul Evans growth pain real I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is still nomadic and still yearns to roam free. Richard Paul Evans spite chains believe Life is not yours to take. Richard Paul Evans life-is There's no hurt so great that love can't heal it. Richard Paul Evans heal hurt I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the days' sweat. Richard Paul Evans angel real hands It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest. Richard Paul Evans shining light dark The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life. Richard Paul Evans remove pain way The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not. Richard Paul Evans assured okay If you passed me walking home from school, you probably wouldn't even notice me. That's because I'm just a kid like you. I go to school like you. I get bullied like you. Unlike you, I live in Idaho. Don't ask me what state Idaho is in––news flash––Idaho IS a state. ~Michael Vey Richard Paul Evans home kids school 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. Richard Paul Evans lightning should-have school Mr. Dallstrom is a bald, scarecrow of a man with a poochy stomache. Think of a pregnant Abraham Lincoln. Richard Paul Evans scarecrow men thinking There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long. Richard Paul Evans summer long people I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use? Richard Paul Evans use said people Sometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life expects from them. Richard Paul Evans giving-up real people In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing. Richard Paul Evans loses ends remember As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off. As he neared the edge of the roof he prayed, "Save me, Lord, and I'll go to church every Sunday, I'll give up drinking, I'll be the best man this city has ever known." As he finished his prayer, a nail snagged onto his overalls and saved him. The man looked up to the sky and shouted, "Never mind, God. I took care of it myself." How true of us. Richard Paul Evans giving-up prayer drinking There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better. Richard Paul Evans someday problem worry
