People plan, God laughs.

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

I don't want to live the rest of my life thinking about you and dreaming of what might have been. Stay with me, Allie.

Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

You made me happy and you made me laugh, and if I could do it all over again, I would not hesitate. Look at our life, at the trips we took, the adventures we had. As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.

When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.

An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again. She seemed that good, that perfect, while a summer wind blew through the trees.