They will stop calling brides beautiful after today—you have simply set the standard too high,' he said.

I've always believed in savoring the moments. In the end, they are the only things we'll have.

In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine.

But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time.

Already she could feel the stunning weight of a lifetime of regret for letting him go, and she knew that it was enought to bury her alive.

Henry closed his eyes and imagined the sweet petulant woundedness with which she had stared at him on the beach. He felt a little proud that she could love him.

It is easy to forget now, how effervescent and free we all felt that summer.