It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.
That’s my sweetheart in there. I’m not living her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home.
God is out there watching you, even when you’re away from home and that if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end.
I know I can’t change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.
The truth is, the world isn’t easy for any of us. It never has been and it never will be.
Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.
How can I describe how much I love you? Is it even possible to describe a love like that? I don’t know, but as I sit here with pen in hand, I know that I have to try.
Based on her experience with men, most assumed that when you talked to them about a problem or dilemma, they were expected to offer an opinion, even when all you wants was for them to listen.
In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it’s hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn’t always so easy to figure out.
For some reason, it didn’t feel right. Victor’s words seemed to confirm that. There was another reason that he’d come here. Falling in love with Elizabeth might have been part of it. But that wasn’t all. Something else was coming. There is more.
It all comes down to who’s by your side.
And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.
I know we loved each other, but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it, I wanted to be certain that it would last.
Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.
Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.
Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.
And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.
And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.
I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other’s voice.