“So . . . I am the someone you were speaking of earlier?Yes. You're my someone.You're my someone, too.”

“So . . . I am the someone you were speaking of earlier?Yes. You're my someone.You're my someone, too.”

“She'd been hired to protect him. But he'd come to a place where he'd do anything, give anything, risk anything to protect her.”

“I was raised in church, Gray. If you'd asked me during my wildest phases if I was a Christian, I'd have told you I was. But there was a disconnect there.You're judging me.No, I'm calling it like it is, unlike most of the people you know, who would all agree with you if you said the sky is red.”

“The things you didn't receive added value to your life, the same as did the things you received. Life had holes. Life was still beautiful.”

“You are trustworthy.' She said it again and again, letting the chorus seep into her quavering heart and hungry soul. "I trust you with everything. My whole life. I want your will, Lord. Not mine. Just . . . . ' Her voice broke. 'Just Christ alone. That's what I choose. You're enough.”

“So . . . I am the someone you were speaking of earlier?Yes. You're my someone.You're my someone, too.”

“What I've learned is that the past might be challenging and the future might be unsure. And that's okay. The present is all we're given, anyway. When we get to the future, God will be there. He'll supply whatever we need for each day.”

“He wanted desperately to stay, just a little while longer. But he couldn't be here, in this place, with her. It was calm here. She was innocent and beautiful and perfect. He was not. He didn't want his mess or his mental illness or his past anywhere near her. He wanted to protect her from a lot of things, but most of all from himself.”

“He'd sacrifice even his sanity for her. If it came down to it, he'd let her break his heart.Because he loved her.”

“Loving someone wasn't about their perfection. It was about coming to accept every part of them, their good qualities at their weaknesses and flaws--looking on everything they were and loving it all.As she looked on everything Jake was, right down to his center, she loved him.”