Some things were beyond understanding.

A moment later, he plopped down on the sand beside her, and when they accidentally touched, Gabby had the briefest flash of them sitting together just like this on a hundred different weekends in the future.

No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop.

That's good. And speaking of spelling, tell me -- do you wrap your head in a towel after you shower?

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

There are things that happen that change the course of people's lives, but it's a function of everybody's lives.

As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, then up to the ceiling and around the room, doing my best to keep my composure, then back to Jamie again. She smiled at me and I smiled at her and all I could do was wonder how I’d ever fallen in love with a girl like Jamie Sullivan.