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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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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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To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.
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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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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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Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.
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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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For we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude—it's the chance to paint.
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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.
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Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.
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There are people I've yet to meet who are waiting for my path to intersect with theirs, so they can complete their own journeys. I don't know who or where they are, but I know for certain that they are waiting.
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There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.
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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
William James
Richard Paul Evans
Born:
October 11, 1962
(age 61)
Bio:
Richard Paul Evans is an American author, best known for writing The Christmas Box and, more recently, the Michael Vey series.
Known for:
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 (2011)
The Christmas Box (1993)
The Walk (2010)
Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen (2012)
The Road to Grace (2012)
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