Frugality, I've learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.

People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person.

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

He was from a different class, too poor, and they would never approve if their daughter became serious with someone like him.

And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.