“Things can get good again. Even things like a marriage.”

“It can be hard to say important things to the person in our life who matters the most.”

“Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back.”

“Good deeds have echoes.”

“I think you're the kind of man a girl can count on. You just can't let go of losing your family. You can't let yourself love because you think your heart can't handle it . . . that something bad will happen. But you're wrong. It's true . . . grief is the price for love. But hearts are made to mend. Christ can do wonders with a broken heart, if given all the pieces.”

“He wanted to leave the past a few hundred miles down the road, shake it off like dust. But that ws the problem with the past. It kept finding him.”

“When did wishing someone a Merry Christmas become politically incorrect?”