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I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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but she realized that she wanted him to know her. She wanted him to understand her, if only because she had strange sense that he was the kind of man she could fall in love with, even if she didn't want to.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as if making a secret pact. No question, no small talk..agreed
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Nicholas Sparks |
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She'd preferred the uncertainty, if only because it allowed her to remember him the way he used to be. Sometimes, though, she wondered what he felt when he thought of that year they spent together, or if he ever marveled at what they'd shared, or even whether he thought of her at all.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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The search for God's presence was much of a mystery as God himself, and what was God if not a mystery?
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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In other words, our opinions and our thoughts and feelings, anything we experience, need not define us forever.
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Nicholas Sparks / Barbara Delinsky / Dick Francis / Glenn Meade |
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She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the beginning she told him that if it ever happened again, she would leave him. He swore that it wouldn't and she believed him. But it only got worse after that, like when his dinner was cold, or when she mentioned that she'd visited with one of the neighbors who was walking by with his dog. She just chatted with him, but that night, her husband threw..
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marriage
love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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That's the thing about life, he knew. There was always a but.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Our love is like the wind... I cant see it, but I sure can feel it.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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And in your smile, I will live forever
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone.
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prayer
god
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.
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life
inspirational
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I want to be with you as much as possible, Ronnie. You're smart and funny and you're honest. I trust you. I trust us. Yeah, I'm leaving and you're going back home. But neither of those things changes the way I feel about you. And my feelings aren't going to change simply because I'm going to Vanderbilt. I love you more than I've ever loved anyone.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold.... the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I think you can do whatever you want. In the end, we all live the life we choose for ourselves.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her?
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I do. Love you, I mean.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Nothing about this entire scenario made sense. But who cares? Once in a while, everyone was entitled to be a bit flaky, and now it was his turn.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.
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romantic
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Nicholas Sparks |
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But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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How can I describe how much I love you? Is it even possible to describe a love like that? I don't know, but as I sit here with pen in hand, I know that I have to try.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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For them, it was nothing but an ordinary day on an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend, but for her, there was something revelatory about the notion that wonderful moments like these existed.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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and then you stopped. And looked at me. And I knew then exactly what was going to happen. You kissed me, yes. But it was not just goodnight. Even then, I could feel the promise in it. The promise that you would kiss me just like that, forever.
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new-relationship
knowing
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment and love were found in the smallest details of people's lives. It was a life of dignity and honor, not without sorrows yet fulfilling in a way that few experiences ever were.
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life
love
fulfilling
sorrows
dignity
honor
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Everyone has crap in their background, everyone has things they wish they could undo. But most people don't go around doing their best to screw up their present lives because of it.
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inspirational
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The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I love you, Elizabeth... and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Three weeks ago, he'd seen hail fall from the sky, only to be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it's important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion.
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life
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Nicholas Sparks |
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America was in full swing now, all the papers said so, and people were rushing forward, leaving behind the horrors of war. She understood the reasons, but they were rushing, like Lon, toward long hours and profits, neglecting the things that brought beauty to the world.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Do not judge the way i show my feelings. It's weird, it's different, but it's true.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . .
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It's easy to joke when you don't care any more. I'm not saying it didn't hurt me, because it did.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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See, that was the problem in relationships when emotion began muddying the waters. It was as if (Lexie) expected him to do or say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, whatever that was.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless him.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.
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love
two-by-two
let-it-go
nicholas-sparks
go
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As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'" Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. "did Confucius really say that?" Sunglasses in place, Stephanie managed the tiniest of shrugs. "No, but who cared? The point is, they handled, and most likely they found some sort of self-satisfaction in their industrious-ness. Who am I to deprive them of that?"
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Dawson, she knew, had saved Alan's life- but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for her that meant...everything. 'I gave you the best of me,' he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.
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Why did you say you believed me ?" In profile, he could see both the young woman she was becoming and the little girl he remembered. "Because I trust you."
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