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“I am not a believer in love at first sight. For love, in its truest form, is not the thing of starry-eyed or star-crossed lovers, it is far more organic, requiring nurturing and time to fully bloom, and, as such, seen best not in its callow youth but in its wrinkled maturity. Like all living things, love, too, struggles against hardship, and in the process sheds its fatuous skin to expose one composed of more than just a storm of emotion–one of loyalty and divine friendship. Agape. And though it may be temporarily blinded by adversity, it never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time–while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.”

Quote by Richard Paul Evans

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The Letter

In this emotionally charged story, a mysterious letter sets off a chain of events that unravels the secrets and desires of its characters, delving into the depths of their personal lives and the impact of their choices on others. more

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Richard Paul Evans
Richard Paul Evans

Richard Paul Evans is an American author known for his novels, particularly his stories about family and emotions. His works often explore themes of family, love, and sacrifice, and are highly appreciated by readers. more

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“Fate rushes down upon us! The time drags and the days plod past, lulling us into thinking that the doom we fear will always so delay. Then, abruptly, the dark days we have all predicted are upon us, and the time when we could have turned dire fate aside has passed. How old must I be before I learn? There is no time; there is never any time. Tomorrow may never come, but todays are inexorably linked in a chain, and now is always the only time we have to divert disaster.”

“Wenn ein innerer Tatbestand nicht bewußtgemacht wird, dann ereignet er sich als Schicksal außen, das heißt, wenn der Einzelne einheitlich bleibt und sich seines inneren Gegensatzes nicht bewußt wird, so muß wohl die Welt den Konflikt darstellen und in zwei Hälften zerteilt werden.”

“Man möge das gegenwärtige Weltgeschehen, welches die ganze Menschheit,wie nie je zuvor, in zwei anscheinend unvereinbare Hälften zerreißt, im Lichte unserer oben angedeuteten psychologischen Regel betrachten: wenn ein innerer Tatbestand nicht bewußtgemacht wird, dann ereignet er sich als Schicksal außen, das heißt, wenn der Einzelne einheitlich bleibt und sich seines inneren Gegensatzes nicht bewußt wird, so muß wohl die Welt den Konflikt darstellen und in zwei Hälften zerteilt werden.”

“For it is said that after the departure of Valar there was silence, and for an age Iluvatar sat alone in thought. Then he spoke and said: 'Behold I love the Earth, which shall be a mansion for the Quendi and the Atani! But the Quendi shall be the fairest of all earthly creatures, and they shall have and shall conceive and bring forth more beauty than all my Children; and they shall have the greater bliss in this world. But to the Atani I will give a new gift.' Therefore he willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of Ainur, which is as fate to all things else; and of their operation everything should be, in form and deed, completed, and the world fulfilled unto the last and smallest.”