Sam's Letters to Jennifer Quotes

“What are we but our stories?”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Then I went to bed and cried into my pillow. I wasn't sad, not at all. It was just so beautiful to have an intense feeling and the right words at the same time.

What are we but our stories?”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“living life was like putting
the beach into a jar. The point wasn’t to fit everything in;
it was to attend to the most important things first—the
big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and
experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them.
Otherwise, the best things might get left out”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Love never dies.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Father Alfred D’Souza. D’Souza had written: “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“How many of us share the stories of our lives with our own children? What a loss to the children if we don’t.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“I put flower buds in a lot of little bottles around the house so I can see the blossoms open everywhere.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“If you're going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Things are almost never as bad as they first seem”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“I wanted an endless summer with you. But then darkness always comes doesn't it? Just a fact of life, i guess”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said, and said better than i could ever say it”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“I loved laughing with him, loved that he could make me laugh.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Whether it is as fleeting as the sun-kissed days of summer or lasts nearly a lifetime, love is always worth it.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“The point wasn’t to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first—the big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them. Otherwise,”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Love never dies”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Every day from the crack of dawn," he said- and i completed the rest, "until we can't keep our eyes open one second longer”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“What are we but our stories”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Please don't shut out love- it's the best thing about life”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“The actor Danny Kaye used to say, “Life is a great big canvas. Throw all the paint you can at it.” I like that thought. More important, I try to live by it as much as I can. I”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“If you're going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now...Things are almost never as bad as they first seem. Loosen up, girlfriend... you could giggle more in real life.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Suddenly the moment was there. All I had to do was grab it. What I'd dreamed about but hadn't dared believe could happen.”
― James Patterson, Sam's Letters to Jennifer