A WALK TO REMEMBER (the novel)

A Walk to Remember is one of my all-time favorite movies... It's because I can relate to Jamie Sullivan. We are both Pastor's kids... The novel is also great and I have read it again for the second time... I just feel like reading it again... And so, I've come up with these quotable quotes and some insights that I would like to share with you... Here it goes........



1.Jamie carried her Bible
wherever she went, and if her looks and Hegbert didn't keep the
boys away, the Bible sure as heck did.

-->This is really funny but I have learned a new way of scaring boys... If daddy is not enough, maybe a Bible will do... Haha... For sure, guys who also read the Bible are the ones who will approach me...

2.With Jamie, everything was in the Lord's plan. That was another
thing. She always mentioned the Lord's plan whenever you talked
to her, no matter what the subject. The baseball game's rained
out? Must be the Lord's plan to prevent something worse from
happening. A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class
fails? Must be in the Lord's plan to give us challenges. Anyway,
you get the picture.

-->Jamie and I have the same perspective in life... Everything is according to God's plan... Good or bad, He is still God and nothing can change it... He is still the first and the last... There is no accident when it's about Him... All is planned... He is amazing...

3.Jamie was always glad to see everyone, including me, though I
think my appearance startled her. "You look like you've been
exercising," she said.
"Not really," I lied, wiping my brow. Luckily the cramp was fading
fast.
"You've sweat clean through your shirt."
"Oh, that?" I looked at my shirt. "That's nothing. I just sweat a lot
sometimes."
"Maybe you should have it checked by a doctor."
"I'll be okay, I'm sure."
"I'll say a prayer for you anyway," she offered as she smiled. Jamie
was always praying for someone. I might as well join the club.
"Thanks," I said.

-->This prayer does not only concern Landon's health... The prayer is about him, being God's best for Jamie(although Landon has no idea about that)... We should really pray for our God's best and don't simply follow your heart because  it can be deceived. Lead it...
 
4."I'd love to (go with Landon to the homecoming dance)," she finally said, "on one condition."
I steadied myself, hoping it wasn't something too awful.
"Yes?"
"You have to promise that you won't fall in love with me."
I knew she was kidding by the way she laughed, and I couldn't
help but breathe a sigh of relief.

-->She knew that Landon will fall in love with her because she prayed for it... Still, she told him ot to fall in love with her because she is dying... This is sad...

5."I've been praying about it, Landon," she said simply, and sighed
for the second time. "I'd really like this play to be special this year,
not for me, but because of my father. I want it to be the best
production ever.

-->Another proof that she is really praying for the guy...

6."I know that challenges are always part of the Lord's plan, but I
don't want to believe that the Lord is cruel, especially to someone
like my father. He devotes his life to God, he gives to the
community. And he's already lost his wife and has had to raise me
on his own. And I love him so much for it. . . ."
Jamie turned away, but I could see the tears in her eyes.

-->I can relate to this because of my dad.. I can see his efforts in following God... I can see that he is really enjoying but I can also see how trials affect him... I admire him because he handled them well... He is a great father... Not perfect but the best for me... I love my father... I am proud to be his daughter...

7."I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't
understand what the message can be. Does that ever happen to
you?"
She said this as though it were something I thought about all the
time.
"Well," I said, trying to bluff, "I don't think that we're meant to
understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to
have faith."

-->yup, God only said to obey Him and not to understand... If we tried to understand the things concerning God, we will surely be crazy because His foolishness is much, much greater than our wisdom...
 
8.Jamie wasn't simply the minister's daughter, someone who read
the Bible and did her best to help others. Jamie was also a
seventeen-year-old girl with the same hopes and doubts that I
had. At least, that's what I assumed, until she finally told me.

-->As, a Pastor's kid... It's really hard to maintain an image... We are also normal people and we also make mistakes, we also get sad, we also dream...

9."Do you ever feel like Job?"
She smiled, a little twinkle in her eyes. "Sometimes."
"But you haven't lost your faith?"
"No." I knew she hadn't, but I think I was losing mine.
"Is it because you think you might get better?"
"No," she said, "it's because it's the only thing I have left."

-->I feel like crying... Material things will fade away but faith can not be taken away...

10."You knew, from the first day in Miss Garber's class that I was
going to do the play, didn't you. When you looked at me and
smiled?"
She nodded. "Yes."
"And when I asked you to the homecoming dance, you made me
promise that I wouldn't fall in love, but you knew that I was going
to, didn't you?"
She had a mischievous gleam in her eye. "Yes."
"How did you know?"
She shrugged without answering, and we sat together for a few
moments, watching the rain as it blew against the windows.
"When I told you that I prayed for you," she finally said to me,
"what did you think I was talking about?"

-->See, she really prayed for Landon from the very beginning... God made it happen...

11."I love her," I said finally, and when I said it, his attention focused
on me again.
"I know you do," he (Jamie's da) answered sadly, "but I don't want to see her
hurt." Even though I must have been imagining it, I thought I saw
his eyes begin to water.

-->Now I understand why my daddy is very strict when it comes to boys... He is just trying to protect me... He doesn't want me to get hurt... He wants what's best for me just like what God wants for me... I am blessed to have a father like him...

12.After an hour I
came across an underlined section that I assumed Jamie had
noted because it meant something to her. This is what it said:
I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are
silent, I shall go down to the pit like the rest. Hear my voice raised
in petition as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, my Lord,
toward your holy of holies. I closed the Bible with tears in my
eyes, unable to finish the psalm. Somehow I knew she'd
underlined it for me.

-->God is silent sometimes because He is testing our faith.... During these times, we should remain in Him... We should do our best to find Him... He is just there waiting for us...

13.On February 14, Valentine's Day, Jamie picked out a passage from
Corinthians that meant a lot to her. She told me that if she'd ever
had the chance, it was the passage she'd wanted read at her
wedding. This is what it said:
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. Love takes no pleasure in other
people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to
excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.
Jamie was the truest essence of that very description.

-->Love? what is love? for me, love is a commitment... Whatever it takes or whatever happened, you should still choose to stay with that person.. That's true love... Making a choice...
 
14.I was in love with her, so deeply in love that I didn't care if she was
sick. I didn't care that we wouldn't have long together. None of
those things mattered to me. All I cared about was doing
something that my heart had told me was the right thing to do. In
my mind it was the first time God had ever spoken directly to me,
and I knew with certainty that I wasn't going to disobey.
I know that some of you may wonder if I was doing it out of pity.
Some of the more cynical may even wonder if I did it because
she'd be gone soon anyway and I wasn't committing much. The
answer to both questions is no. I would have married Jamie
Sullivan no matter what happened in the future. I would have
married Jamie Sullivan if the miracle I was praying for had
suddenly come true. I knew it at the moment I asked her, and I
still know it today.

-->in sickness and in health... Marriage preserves love, not the other way around...

15.Although Jamie was weak and hadn't moved from her bed in two
weeks, she insisted on walking down the aisle so that her father
could give her away. "It's very important to me, Landon," she'd
said. "It's part of my dream, remember?" Though I assumed it
would be impossible, I simply nodded. I couldn't help but wonder
at her faith.

-->There is no impossible to God... Just have faith in Him... Trust without reservation.

16.The "Wedding March" began. The doors
opened and I saw Jamie, seated in her wheelchair, a nurse by her
side. With all the strength she had left, Jamie stood shakily as her
father supported her. Then Jamie and Hegbert slowly made their
way down the aisle, while everyone in the church sat silently in
wonder. Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire,
and they stopped while she caught her breath. Her eyes closed,
and for a moment I didn't think she could go on. I know that no
more than ten or twelve seconds elapsed, but it seemed much
longer, and finally she nodded slightly. With that, Jamie and
Hegbert started moving again, and I felt my heart surge with
pride. It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk
anyone ever had to make. In every way, A WALK TO REMEMBER.

-->This is why the title is a walk to remember... Not just because of the wedding march or because she walked down the isle in a wedding dress, but because she struggled in doing it... It is her dream so she did her best to walk eventhough she is already dying... She proved that miracles can happen because of love...

17."As a father, I'm supposed to give away my daughter, but I'm not
sure that I'm able to do this."
The congregation went silent, and Hegbert nodded at me, willing
me to be patient. Jamie squeezed my hand in support.
"I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart. But
what I can do is to let another share in the joy that she has always
given me. May God's blessings be with you both."

-->I can't imagine my daddy saying this... Haha... Maybe he will be the first one to cry and faint when I get married.. So, I think I don't want him to be the Pastor in my wedding (baka di pa matuloy, hehe)...
 
18.In front of God and everyone
else, I'd promised my love and devotion, in sickness and in health,
and I'd never felt so good about anything . It was, I remember, the
most wonderful moment of my life.

-->In marriage, you are promising to God and not to anyone else... It's until death do you part... No excuses for divorce...

19.It is now forty years later, and
I can still remember everything from that day.
I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then,
but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of
that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still
love her, you see, and I've never removed my ring. In all these
years I've never felt the desire to do so.

-->Hmmm... he did not marry anyone? Wow, amazing... His love for Jamie is really unconditional...

20.I'm fifty-seven once more. But this is okay. I smile
slightly, looking toward the sky, knowing there's one thing I still
haven't told you: I now believe, by the way, that miracles can
happen.

-->Although Jamie died, God used her to bring Landon to God... She left him with a thing of eternal value... FAITH...

**I cried when I first read it... I also cried when I read it again... God is so amazing... He knows who is the best person for you.. Don't waste your time in looking for that person... You just have to wait... and PRAY... God bless you all... I hope you have learned something...