Life doesn’t often turn out the way we think it will, does it?
It’s probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn’t even try, where would we be today?
You think you know me, but I’m not sure that even I know who I am anymore.
Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person, how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along.
I gave you the best of me.
You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I’d still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.
And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.
The sky grew darker and the moon rose higher as the evening wore on. and without either or them being conscious of it, they began to regain the intimacy, the bond of familiarity, they had once shared.
The stars were out in full, the crickets a little quieter. He had enjoyed talking to Allie and wondered what she’d thought about his life, hoping it would somehow make a difference, if it could.
He took a few steps before responding. “You are special,” he finally said, and the way e said it made her wonder if he wanted to add something else.
I know it can’t be the same between us, but that doesn’t change the way I felt about you then.
It took strength to hold on to inner passion, and Noah had done that.
Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.
I know you loved her, but it’s okay to let it go now. You know that, don’t you? You’ve got to be able to let it go.
One of the things I’ve learned in my life is that sometimes you’ve got to take a chance.
People hide the truth because they’re afraid.
I know what it’s like to be day and night now; always together, forever apart.
She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she’d checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence.
In another place, in another time, she would have felt the majesty of the beauty around her, but as she stood on the beach, she realized that she didn’t feel anything at all. In a way, she felt as if she weren’t really here, as if the whole thing was nothing but a dream.
As I write, I am struggling with the ghost of someone I loved and lost. I now understand more fully the difficulties you were going through, and I realize how painful it must have been for you to move on.