#the-last-song

"Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more."

"More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells."

"Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person."

"If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf."

"I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?"