A joy as intense as pain

And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.

Real people had real agendas, real demands, real expectations about how other people should behave.

You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town

A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home

Jamie: You're acting like a crazy person, what's going on? Landon: Right now, you're straddling the state line. Jamie: OK... Landon: You're in two places at once.

Do you know what you're saying when you say, "Whatever"? It's just a code word for the f-word, followed by "you." And at your age, you never, ever. say that to anyone.' " Blaze leaned back. "So now, when someone says it to me, I just say, 'You too.' (72)