I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.

Jamie: "I didn't want anybody to be weird around me." Landon: "Including me?" Jamie: "Especially you! You know, I was getting along with everything fine. I accepted it, and then you happened!"

She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.

I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wonering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn't. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.

Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.

He always apologized, and sometimes he would even cry because of the bruises he'd made on her arms or legs or her back. He would say that he hated what he'd done, but in the next breath tell her she'd deserved it. That if she'd been more careful, it wouldn't have happened. That if she'd been paying attention or hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have lost his temper.

There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.