Paul Evans
Paul Evans
apology soul chocolate
Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.
tickets earth rounds
We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.
stones gone prophet
We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.
truth-is
Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
stories love-story compare
I've yet to read a love story that compares with mine.
want life-is indication
I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).
book
Books are the most tolerant of friends.
stars believe adversity
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.
life-is
That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.
war character winter
. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.
fighting sometimes
sometimes it's the fight that makes a thing worth having
believe book keys
It is a peculiar thing to believe that you know someone intimately only to find that you really do not. It is like finishing a book only to discover that you have missed several key chapters. THE LETTER Chapter 9 page 104
believe chains spite
I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is still nomadic and still yearns to roam free.
life-is
Life is not yours to take.