Quotes from Richard Paul Evans

Forgiveness is alchemy. To take something so base and ugly that you don't even want to think of it and turn it into something noble and fine. That is true alchemy. Remember that. It's not always easy, but if you can do that, you'll have a happy life.

The cost of love is the risk of losing it." But it's always worth it. After all, in the end, what else is there?

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.

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

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

We are chained to that which we do not forgive

I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver at that loom.

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

We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool.

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.