Quotes from book

The Best of Me

“You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.”

“Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.”

“There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.”

“I don't know that I've ever felt as happy as I did that day, but then again, it was always like that when we were together. I never wanted it to end.”

“I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all.”

“I knew my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me.”

“It took turns that people couldn’t foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered.”

“Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.”

“Because that was the night I knew I loved you. That I’d really and truly fallen in love.”

“What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered..”

“Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.”

“Even if I thought he as perfect for her." She turned to face him. "What were we thinking?"

"We weren't," he said. "We were in love.”

“Change isn't always for the best.”

“You have the Best Of Me….”

“memories are funny things. Sometimes they’re real, but other times they change into what we want them to be”

“They were inlove, but they hadn't been lovers; they were friends and yet also strangers for so many years”

“Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.”

“I knew you loved me and that you'd do anything for me. And that was one of the reasons it hurt so much when you ended it, Dawson. Because I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all.”

“People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other”