I want to be here with you, Avery. You don't have to worry about impressing me or wowing me. You've already done that.

A person is only complete when she has a true friend to understand her, to share all her passions and sorrows with, and to stand by her throughout her life.

There is no one else - there's never been anyone else but you. You're it Maddie.

Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.

Everything okay?" Cam asked, placing his hand on my lower back. Concern pinched his brows. "Yes." I dropped my cell back into my bag. Everything was okay. Maybe not perfect, but life wasn't meant to be perfect. It was messy and sometimes it was a disaster, but there was beauty in the messiness and there could be peace in the disaster.

His chin grazed the top of my head and then his lips brushed across my forehead. “I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I’ll be right here when you wake up, sweetheart. I promise.

If I fall and break my neck, will you say something nice at my funeral?" "Like 'Kyler was usually more graceful?