You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.

Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. It's what made it possible for me to go on, but you don't seem to realize that. Even when love is right there in front of you, you choose to turn away from it. You're alone because you want to be.

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other

Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

“A living poem” had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.