That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

I can't live my life happily knowing you're with someone else. That would kill a part of me. What we have is rare. it's too beautiful to just throw it away.

He was the toast to her butter.

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.

Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.

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.