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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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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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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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As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls.
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Could it be that to truly love a thing is not to desire it, but to desire happiness for it?
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Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.
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Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.
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I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use?
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Maybe, if we just accepted our deaths, we might finally start to live.
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I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.
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Wait and see is no easier now than it was as a child.
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You should always be careful of what you say in parting.
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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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The first step of a journey is always the longest.
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Broken vows are like broken mirrors. They leave those who held to them bleeding and staring at fractured images of themselves.
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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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Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.
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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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Everyone has some inner power that awaits discovery.
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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.
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