When Nothing Else Matters Quotes

“And just like that, I’m engaged to my best friend, and there is nothing fake about it.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I love this man with all my heart.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“We’ve been through so much, and I know he’s my end game.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I used to think that becoming your fake best friend was the best thing to ever happen to me, but now that I’m on one knee, looking into your eyes and seeing our future, I know that the best is yet to come. Every day with you is better than the last. Summer, I love you. Will you marry me?”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I may have fought it, but deep down my heart knew it was you. You were the one.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I was going to wait and do this on New Year’s Eve. I don’t even have the ring, but right now it feels even more perfect. Summer, I knew there was something about you the second I laid eyes on you. I had this intense need to protect you and I never even knew who you were. When I met you again over two years ago, I had the strongest feeling of déjà vu, like we’d met before, and an even stronger desire to never let you go.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“And Summer… she looks at you like you hung the moon.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“He’s lucky I trust him with my life, and yes, I mean Summer—she’s my life.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I can’t stop the smile from spreading across my face, because I know this is a moment I’ll be reminding her of for years to come. Game. Over.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Summer, you’re all that I see. God, I love you.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“This is it. She is it for me. I’m going to marry this girl.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“We still have things to work through, but this beautiful, intelligent, playful, and loving soul is mine, and every part of me is hers.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I love you. I’m in love with you. I should have focused on that instead of everything else we had going on. Because Summer, nothing else matters.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Summer, you are perfect to me. Everything about you is perfect for me. When I look at you, I see my future.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“God, I’m such a fuckup. I should have been showing her every day that she deserves love, that she’s worthy.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Summer, we may have begun our friendship as a game, but everything I feel for you is one hundred percent real. I can’t stop thinking about you. I want to be around you all the time. To hear you laugh, to see you smile, to kiss you…”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I remember every moment we’ve shared and even the ones we faked. I’m so sorry for the way I’ve treated you since Thanksgiving. You deserve so much more than a text message friendship.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“She’s it. She’s all that matters and I’ve lost my chance. I can see it in her eyes. But I have to try.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I fucked up. I really fucked up. But I can’t lose her.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“My heart beats out of my chest, and there’s no doubt in my mind that it’s love. I love her.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I’m not finished. When she finally opens up and lets herself not only accept love, but feel it… you ran. You fuckin’ ran. So, you shouldn’t be asking me ‘what the fuck?’ You should be turning that question on yourself. And you’ve been messaging… Who cares? You need to talk to her.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Very poetic. But don’t you think that’s exactly what she’s been telling herself about you for your entire friendship. From the first time I saw you together, I knew there was a spark. Hell, everyone could see it, even you. Summer’s been fighting it this whole time, trying to not only protect her heart, but to also protect you. From what? I don’t know. But someone, probably her father, put it into her head that she wasn’t worthy, and she didn’t want you caught up in that.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Am I? Have I ruined everything? Of course, I have, it’s been a month.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I knew loving her was going to be dangerous; it was a big risk to my heart, a risk I was willing to take. I’d prepared myself for Summer to run, and I was ready to fight for her. For us. I never once thought I’d be the one causing her pain.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“The farther we drive away from the place I grew up, and from Dylan, the more my heart breaks, and by the time I’ve made it to my apartment building, I’m not sure I have anything left.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“This feels like goodbye, and I’m not at all ready for that.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“No, Summer, I know I’ve got a long way to go before I earn back your trust, but I need you to know… I would never condone this. Despite the fact that it could have just as easily been me, they hurt my baby sister. Their lies made me hurt my baby sister. I will never forgive them for that. I will never forgive myself for that either.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“Dylan, when you hurt, I hurt,” I say, repeating the words he once said to me, because they’re one hundred percent true. That’s when it hits me. God, how did I not see it sooner? How did it take so long to figure out that Dylan is my person. He’s the one. He’s my everything. “I’m falling—”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I don’t have to think about my answer. It’s been screaming at me for days, maybe even weeks or months.”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters

“I’m sorry, Cory.” I get up off the ground and walk over, dropping down beside her. “I really am. I just…” “You love her,”
― Katherine Jay, When Nothing Else Matters