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What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.
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unconditional-love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I love you, Savannah, and I always will," I breathed. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to me. You were my best friend and my lover, and I dont regret a single moment of it. You made me feel alive again, and most of all, you gave me my father. I'll never forget you for that. You're always going to be the very best part of me. I'm sorry it has to be this way, but I have to leave, and you have to see your husband." As I spoke, I cou..
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Knowing there's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe, by the way, that miracles can happen.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.
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time
memories
sadness
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Nicholas Sparks |
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An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again. She seemed that good, that perfect, while a summer wind blew through the trees.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one's cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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He liked her; it was as simple as that.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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We'd met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.
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love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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She would tell him what she wanted in her life--her hopes and dreams for the future--and he would listen intently and then promise to make it all come true. And the way he said it made her believe him, and she knew how much he meant to her.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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He was the toast to her butter.
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love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You and I were different. We came from different worlds, and yet you were the one how taught me the value of love. You showed me what it was like to care for another, and I am a better man because of it. I don't want you to ever forget that.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me." I hesitated, know that if I stopped now, I'd never be able to say it to anyone. "I love you," I whispered. "Did you ever imagine something like this?" she wondered aloud. "You and me , I mean?" "No," I said. "It scares me a little." My stomach flipped, and all at once, I was sure she didnt feel the same w..
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Nicholas Sparks |
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The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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She was a stranger now, but she'd been a friend once, and that was enough for him.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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No, it's not that. It's not what you're thinking. I was serious when I said 'all of it'. I can remember every moment we were together, and in eachof them there was something wonderful. I can't really pick any one time that meant more than any other. The entire summer was perfect, the kind of summer everyone should have. How could I pick one moment over another? Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhel..
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wonderful
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.
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moving-on
understanding
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Nicholas Sparks |
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love means to see the one you love happy
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.
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relationships
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Nicholas Sparks |
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And then I feel as if I'm witnessing a miracle, as ever so slowly she raises her face towards the moon. I watch her drink in the sight, sensing the flood of memories she's unleashed and wanting nothing more than to let her know I'm here. But instead I stay where I am and stare up at the moon as well. And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.
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yearning
moonlight
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.
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optimism
love
inspirational
possibilities
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.
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nicholas-sparks
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I know that somehow, every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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i'm sorry she never got her miracle. she did get her miracle, Landon, her miracle was you.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it.
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romance
love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.
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relationships
the-best-of-me
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Nicholas Sparks |
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In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.
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hope
possibility
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.
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understanding
compassion
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nicholas sparks |
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I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.
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romance
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Nicholas Sparks |
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If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other .
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?
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fate
wonder
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Nicholas Sparks |