“I like these games we play, the ones that involve our heads and our hearts ~ Page 212”

“One of the most important things I've learned in life is that complicated isn't always bad. Sometimes complicated is just complex.”

“If I were being honest with myself, he lit a blaze, not just a blush, but that’s too much reality for me to admit.”

“It's the little things that make up your life. The bigger events just connect them.”

“Because the plan God has for each of our lives isn't always the same plan we have for ourselves, Grace. Sometimes, our deaths have more of an impact than our births. It can inspire people to do great things, even greater than they would have had the deaths not happened at all.”

“It's my heart. It is the same as yours. I shook my head. No it isn't. Your heart has beaten for fifteen hundred years--and will continue to beat for at least another fifteen hundred--while mine will be lucky to beat for as long as Ellie's has. He kissed my hair and then pressed his cheek against my head. I will see to it that it beats for as long as possible.”

“But her brown eyes made me stop breathing. They made me stop thinking. It was like a sick game and I wanted out of it because I knew I'd lose.”