Dawson, like tuck was one of those rare people who could love only once, and if anything, separation had only made his feelings grow stronger.
She wasn’t fantasy anymore. But something real, something he couldn’t imagine living without, and he crossed his arms, as if bracing himself from the possibility that all this might slip away.
You are the answer to every prayer I’ve offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don’t know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, Allie, more than you can ever imagine, I always have and I always will.
It is amazing, what you can make yourself believe, when you have to. If you keep telling yourself you are a certain kind of person, eventually you will become that person. That’s what the Final Solution was all about, really.
Sometimes it saddened her to think that she’d never experience that kind of feeling again, but then life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion; she’d learned all too well that love wasn’t always enough.
It’s just that sometimes our future is dictated by what we are, as opposed to what we want.
Geen drenkeling zal ooit weten welke waterdruppel hem zijn laatste adem benam...
God is merciful to children, but the children must be worthy as well.
The thing is, I get the sense that you’re telling me the truth. You’re just not telling all of it. And the part you’re leaving out is the part that would help me understand who you are.
People liked to imagine they were free to choose their own lives, but she had learned that choice was sometimes illusory.
You kissed me, yes, but it was not just good night. Even then, I could feel the promise in it, the promise that you would kiss me just like that, forever.
I’ve got a lot of stuff in the bed of my truck.
It was a terrible thing for a girl to learn. That status is more important than feelings.
A veces, nuestro futuro viene impuesto por quienes somos, y no por lo que queremos.
If there was one thing she’d learned, it was that people didn’t change. They liked what they liked, even if they didn’t understand why.
That in the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.
I can remember every moment we were together, and in each of them there was something wonderful. I can’t really pick any one time that meant more than any other. The entire summer was perfect, the kind of summer everyone should have. How could I pick one moment over another?
Allison Nelson, twenty-nine years old and engaged, a socialite, searching for answers she needed to know, and Noah Calhoun, the dreamer, thirty-one, visited by the ghost that had come to dominate his life.
Give a day’s work for a day’s pay. Anything less is stealing.
Because he’s no better than a spoiled child. You were his toy, and even though he’s got new toys, it doesn’t mean he wants anyone to play with his old toys.