God is out there watching you, even when you're away from home and that if you put your trust in God, you'll be all right in the end.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.

I don't know if spirits do indeed roam the world, but even if they do, I will sense your presence everywhere. When I listen to the ocean, it will be your whispers; when I see a dazzling sunset, it will be your image in the sky.

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

So, it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? Thirty years from now, forty years from now? What's it look like? If it's with him- go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again, if I thought that's what you really wanted. But don't you take the easy way out.

Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.