“This is not a letter but my arms about you for a brief moment.”

“For a few brief moments, Matt got to hold Julie in his arms. And that gift? That would stay with him forever.”

“At least you are mine! Soon – in a few months, perhaps, my angel will sleep in my arms, will awaken in my arms, will live there. All your thought at all moments, all your looks will be for me; all my thought, all my moments, all my looks will be for you!”

“That brief moment of being loved is worth any pain you have to endure at losing it.”

“It crossed my mind that my letters are all about me and not you. I would hope that you pay me the same respect.”

“Allie would love what you've done," he remarked. "She was always a softie when it came to things like this." I folded my hands in my lap. "I wish she could be there this weekend." Noah glanced at the stack of letters. I knew he was imagining Allie, and for a brief moment, he looked strangely younger. "So do I," he said.”