A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.

You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.

It took me a long time to realize that distance can ruin even the best of intentions.

You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't.

Jamie was more than just the woman I loved. In the year Jamie helped me become the man I am today. With her steady hand she showed how important it was to help others; with her patience and kindness she showed me what life really is all about. Her cheerfulness and optimism, even in times of sickness, was the most amazing thing I have ever witnessed . . . Jamie also thought me the value of forgiveness and the transforming power it offers . . . Jamie was not only the angel who saved Tom Thornton, she was the angel who saved us all.