Quotes from book

A Walk to Remember

“I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wonering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn't. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.”

“It was…the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make.
In every way, a walk to remember.”

“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”

“This is my story; I promise to leave nothing out.
First you will smile, and then you will cry - don't say you haven't been warned.”

“When I was seventeen, my life changed forever…”

“Jamie: You're acting like a crazy person, what's going on?
Landon: Right now, you're straddling the state line.
Jamie: OK…
Landon: You're in two places at once.”

“Jamie : "I didn't want anybody to be weird around me.". Landon : "Including me?". Jamie : "Especially you! You know, I was getting along with everything fine. I accepted it, and then you happened!".”

“I dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.”

“Me. A bad boy. For eating boiled peanuts in the graveyard. Go figure.”

“I'm sorry' I said again. Whenever someone tells you something said, it's the only thing you can think to say, even if you're already said it before.”

“It wasn't that long, and it certainly wasn't the kind of kiss you see in movies these days, but it was wonderful in its own way, and all I can remember about the moment is that when our lips touched, I knew the memory would last forever.”

“When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”

“A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.”

“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.”

“Jamie: You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.
Landon: That's not a problem.”

“I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.”

“I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the pit like the rest. Hear my voice raised in petition as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, my Lord, toward your holy of holies.”

“I hadn't done any of the things that I normally did with girls, yet somehow I'd fallen in love.”

“Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.”