Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.

God is the most important thing in our lives. I suppose that's true of everybody's lives, whether or not they want to believe it.

She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.

Noah Calhoun watched the fading sun sink lower from the wrap around porch of his plantation-style home.He liked to sit here in the evenings, especially after working hard all day.

Change isn't always for the best.

I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.