Quotes from book

The Best of Me

“…I said everything that matters… Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”

“Dawson, she knew, had saved Alan's life- but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for her that meant… everything. 'I gave you the best of me,' he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.”

“It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.”

“The truth is, the world isn't easy for any of us. It never has been and it never will be.”

“You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved… and in the end, nothing else really matters.”

“Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.”