“Living is hard--dying is easy. You close your eyes and never open them again. What's so difficult about that? Nothing really--except it hurts like hell to those you leave behind.”

“Time was the most precious thing in the world to me, and Id just given her all of it. Because I was falling for her. Because I cared for her. Because I wanted to give her something to remember me b...”

“What do you love more? she teased. My hair or my heart? Why give me only two choices? Dont leave out your legs, your laugh, the way you bite your lip when youre thinking, the feel of your breath on...”

“the nurse smiled and patted my arm. Dont give up yet. Sometimes when we think God has written The End, what he really means is The Beginning.”

“God I choked on the word. I know we havent talked much in the past few years. Hell, I told you I hated you when Tye took his own life. I cursed again and pinched the bridge of my nose. I dont even ...”

“In life we always have some measure of control whether it be over our emotions or choices, but when it comes to cancer? The only thing you can control is how you respond to it”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”