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Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you.

Richard Paul Evans

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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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I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.
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I have Tourettes syndrome.
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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.
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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.
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So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.
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I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.
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Usually the most interesting stories are written not on paper but hearts.
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Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.
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I've wondered why the famous congregate with each other. Perhaps it's to assure each other that they really are as important as they think they are.
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The sweetness of reunion is the joy of heaven.
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We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.
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The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.
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...even the most horribl e of nightmares is laced with the promise of dawn.
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. . . Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
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The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
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It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins.
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The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.
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The first step of a journey is always the longest.
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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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