...She had the rare ability to be exactly what people needed when she was with them and yet still remain true to herself. - Nicholas Sparks

I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd exactly done that.

If it's over--if it's really over--then don't let it screw up the rest of your life.

Passion is passion. It's the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn't matter where it's directed...It can be coins or sports or politics or horses or music or faith...the saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all.