01c. 1965 ADAs a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
02c. 1965 ADIf you love Alex now, then love him forever. Make him laugh again, and cherish the time you spend together. Take walks and ride your bikes, curl up on the couch and watch movies beneath a blanket. Make him breakfast, but don't spoil him. Let him make breakfast for you as well, so he can show you he thinks you're special. Kiss him and make love to him and consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he's the kind of man who'll prove you right.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
03c. 1965 ADI been watchin' you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin' to forget.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
04c. 1965 ADIt all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
05c. 1965 ADShe leaned into me, and when I closed my eyes, I knew I wanted nothing more than to hold her this way forever.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
07c. 1965 ADYou might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
08c. 1965 ADWho did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These weren't the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldn't be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
09c. 1965 ADI love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
12c. 1965 ADAs the warm air blew in the car, simple snapshots of the life they'd lived together surfaced in his mind; but as always, those images led inexorably to their final day together.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
14c. 1965 ADI came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
16c. 1965 ADLove 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.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
18c. 1965 ADPoetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
19c. 1965 ADAnd I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
20c. 1965 ADI dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
21c. 1965 ADDoes trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith?Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
23c. 1965 ADHalfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath...It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
24c. 1965 ADI don't pray because it doesn't work. Prayer doesn't fix anything. Bad things happen anyway.Nicholas Sparks / quote ↗
