It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.

He was the kind of man everyone would fall in love with, even if they didn't want to.

Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.

As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, then up to the ceiling and around the room, doing my best to keep my composure, then back to Jamie again. She smiled at me and I smiled at her and all I could do was wonder how I’d ever fallen in love with a girl like Jamie Sullivan.

Being with him was like toast and butter from the very beginning.