maureen

“Love is never convenient-and rarely painless”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Sunflower

“such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Sunflower

“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.”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Sunflower

“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.”
― Richard Paul Evans, The Looking Glass