She was so Southern that she cried tears that came straight from the Mississippi, and she always smelled faintly of cottonwood and peaches.

My favorite books are the ones that make me smile for hours after reading them. I want that for my readers, for the sweetness to linger. Sort of like chocolate, but without the calories

The word lethologica describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.

It was like the way you wanted sunshine on Saturdays, or pancakes for breakfast. They just made you feel good.

To think, after all this time, after all the searching and all the waiting, after all the regret and the time she'd spent away, she came back to find that happiness was right where she's left it. On a football field in Mullaby, North Carolina. Waiting for her.