Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

by James Patterson

He made her feel at peace with herself, completed her circle, did something that was good and right. No one else had ever made her feel that way before. Completely, blissfully at peace.

I hope when you grow up that everything you want comes your way, but especially love. When it’s true, when it’s right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can’t get from any other experience. I have been in love; I am in love, so I speak from experience. I have also lived long periods without love in my life, and there is no way to describe the difference between the two.

Because to be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life.

But it has made me realize more than ever how vulnerable we are, how life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles. It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.