Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re not with each other at all.

I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.

While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.

The key to happiness is achievable dreams.

I saw the way she was looking at you, and I knew that she still loved you. More than that, I know she always will. It breaks my heart, but you know what? I'm still in love with her, and to me that means that I want nothing more than for her to be happy in life. I want that more than anything. It's all I've ever wanted for her.

Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them.

She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence.