You have to promise you won’t fall in love with me.
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together...
A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home.
Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?
I lost you once, I think I can do it again.
Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?
If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.
Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.
I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why – out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved – I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.
Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.
Love is fragile. And we’re not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.
It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.
Our lives can’t be measured by our final years, of this I am sure.
Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.
I’ve come to believe that in everyone’s life, there’s one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.
It’s impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.
It’s funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It’s like they think it won’t ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.
Jamie: You know what I figured out today? Landon: What? Jamie: Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends. Like you were sent to me because I’m sick. To help me through all this. You’re my angel.
A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I’m dying, Landon.