"When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through."
"I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again."
"I'd learned that some things are best kept secret."
"You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it."
"I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart."
"Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away."