A Walk To Remember Quotes
"People waved from their cars whenever they saw someone on the street whether they knew him or not, and the air smelled of pine, salt, and sea, a scent unique to the Carolinas."
"Instead our lives were centered around the churches, of which there were eighteen within the town limits alone."
"It was the kind of place where the humidity rose so high in the summer that walking out to get the mail made a person feel as if he needed a shower."
"He’d written his own sermons his whole life, and some of them, we had to admit, were actually interesting, especially when he talked about the 'wrath of God coming down on the fornicators' and all that good stuff."
"God is merciful to children, but the children must be worthy as well."
"The play itself wasn’t bad, actually, which surprised everyone the first year it was performed."
"He wanted us to know that God is out there watching you, even when you’re away from home, and that if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end."
"Life, I’ve learned, is never fair. If people teach anything in school, that should be it."
"The world would be a better place if there were more people like her."
"She always mentioned the Lord’s plan whenever you talked to her, no matter what the subject."
"You have to promise that you won't fall in love with me."
"I admit that I also had some concerns about what she would wear, though it wasn’t something I would tell her."
"I was pretty nervous just thinking about it."
"Sometimes, I had to admit, Jamie had a pretty good sense of humor."
"I don’t want to believe that the Lord is cruel, especially to someone like my father."
"I know that challenges are always part of the Lord’s plan."
"Well, sometimes it helps if someone’s there to read with you, Landon."
"My senior year certainly wasn’t turning out the way I thought it would when it began, but if I had to perform for a bunch of orphans, I certainly didn’t want to look like an idiot."
"That was her favorite word, by the way—marvelous—after she’d greeted you with 'Hellooooo.'"
"Even though it’s a wonderful offer and I know you’d like to do something special, the play is about a father who eventually comes to realize how much he loves his daughter."
"The Lord seems to have a plan that I just don’t know about yet."
"I just wanted to do something different for them this year. Something special that they would remember forever."
"There’s no way you would know, but I’ve been wondering what to do for the orphanage this year. I’ve been praying about it for months now because I want this Christmas to be the most special one of all."
"I want to get married, and when I do, I want my father to walk me down the aisle and I want everyone I know to be there."
"You did really well today. With your lines, I mean."
"I don’t want to walk you home, I don’t want my friends to keep talking about me, and I don’t want to spend time with you. You keep acting like we’re friends, but we’re not. We’re not anything."
"You’re beautiful," I finally said to her, and I think everyone in the whole auditorium, from the blue-haired ladies in front to my friends in the back row, knew that I actually meant it.
"Thank you, Landon, for what you did. You made my father very happy."
"Attitudes forged since childhood are hard to break."
"In all our time together, Jamie had never once been anything but kind."
"Sometimes, when you remember the things you used to do, it makes you wince."
"I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don’t understand what the message can be."
"You know it’s love when all you want to do is spend time with the other person, and you sort of know that the other person feels the same way."
"That doesn’t mean you can’t undo it when you get the opportunity."
"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 first touched, I knew the memory would last forever."
"I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be."
"There was something nice when I kissed her, something gentle and right, and that was enough for me."
"Jamie was also a seventeen-year-old girl with the same hopes and doubts that I had."
"You’re a wonderful person, Jamie. You’re beautiful, you’re kind, you’re gentle... you’re everything that I’d like to be."
"I love you, Jamie. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me."
"Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful."
"We all have regrets, Landon, but I’ve led a wonderful life."
"I’ve even fallen in love and had someone love me back."