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And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.
It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by what we are, opposed to what we want.
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
It was a lesson that I would learn in time though it wasn't Hegbert who taught me.
What happens if a car comes?
It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.
Do you know what you're saying when you say, "Whatever"? It's just a code word for the f-word, followed by "you." And at your age, you never, ever. say that to anyone.' " Blaze leaned back. "So now, when someone says it to me, I just say, 'You too.' (72)
In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.
Jamie: You know what I figured out today?
I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
I know we've had our differences, Allie, and that we haven't seen eye to eye on everything. I'm not perfect, but I did the best I could with raising you. I'm your mother and I always will be. That means I'll always love you." "I don't know, Allie. That's up to you. But I would think about it. Think about what you really want.
I can't make this decision for you, Allie, this one's all yours. I want you to know, though, that I love you. And I always will. I know that doesn't help, but it's all I can do.
Follow your heart,
Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other... I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together.
I lead a simple life now, I am foolish, an old man in love, a dreamer who dreams of nothing but reading to Allie and holding her whenever I can. I am a sinner with many faults and a man who believes in magic, but I am too old to change and too old to care.
Distance can ruin even the best of intentions.
My Dearest Catherine, I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is especially hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.
Deanna's voice softened. "Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him." "But you don't," Deanna said, gently cutting her off. "Or if you do, you don't want to see it that way. Your vision, as they say, has become clouded."
Oh, Garrett, who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her?
It was...the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.
I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart. But what I can do is let another share in the joy that she has always given me.
Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.
The past was gone, after all, and the future was the only thing they had left.
Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.
You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.
Our lives can't be measured by our final years, of this I am sure.
The two of you, there's something uncanny about the way you two are with each other. I mean everything--the way you look at each other, the way she relaxes when you put your hand on her back, the way you both seem to know what the other is always thinking, it's always struck me as extraordinary. That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that, they say anything's possible, right?
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.
I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve come to learn that predictions don’t mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there’s nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that’s not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left.
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.