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Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288
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We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.
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. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
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In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing.
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People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.
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Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.
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Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.
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The depth of love is revealed in its departure.
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We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.
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When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.
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If God came to save the world, why are so many of His professed followers intent on damning it?
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The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.
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Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.
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We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of out intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.
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We are chained to that which we do not forgive
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Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live.
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That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.
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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.
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Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.
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