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Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Frequency of sex - Women sometimes wanted; men always needed.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine using red for your passion and pale blue for your kindness; forest green to reflect the depth of your empathy and bright yellow for your unflagging optimism. And still I wonder: can even an artist's palette capture the full range of what you mean to me?
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love
inspirational
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life.
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stability
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Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes it saddened her to think that she'd never experience that kind of feeling again, but then life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion; she'd learned all too well that love wasn't always enough.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it's a little bit of both, and no matter how you choose to view it in the end, it does not change the fact that it involves a great deal of my life and the path I've chosen to follow.
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life
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If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.
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god
steve-miller
the-last-song
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You never answered my question, about what you want to do with your life. Maybe my dreams aren't that complicated. Maybe I think that a job is just a job. What does that mean? Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.
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Nicholas Sparks (Safe Haven) |
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The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. Those two elements always go together.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Toward the end of their relationship she'd told him once, "I wish I could give you what you're looking for, but I don't know what it is. There's a part of you that you keep closed off from everyone, including me. Its as if I'm not the one you're really with. Your mind is on someone else." He tried to deny it, but she didn't believe him. "I'm a woman - I know these things. When you look at me sometimes, I know you're seeing someone else. Its..
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he leaned in to kiss her, she gave herself over to him. While he held her close, she ran her hands over his shoulders and back, feeling the strength in his arms. She knew he'd wanted more in their relationship than she'd been willing to offer, but here and now, she suddenly knew she had no other choice. There was only this moment, and it was th..
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novel
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I've been doing this a long time, and I've come to learn that predictions don't mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there's nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that's not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left.
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death
inspirational
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Besides, every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive it.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You'll make mistakes and struggle like everyone, but when you are with the right person, you'll almost perfect joy, like you are the luckiest person who ever lived. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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When the lump in his throat subsided, he whispered to her, "You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have. I love you, Allie, more than you can ever imagine. I always have, and I always will."
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Nicholas Sparks |
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The key to happiness was achievable dreams.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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if they were meant to be together they would find a way to do it.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he's the kind of man who'll prove you right.
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safe-haven
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I suddenly understood that even love and caring weren't always enough. They were the concrete bricks of our relationship, but unstable without the mortar of time spent together, time without the threat of imminent separation hanging over us.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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But I'm different now than I was then. Just like I was different at the end of the trip than I'd been in the beginning. And I'll be different tomorrow than i am today. And what that means is that i can never replicate that trip. Even if I went to the same places and met the same people, it would'nt be the same. My experience would'nt be the same. To me, that's what traveling should be about. Meeting people, learning to not only appreciate a..
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Why did you come here? To find you.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned.
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reality
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Please don't ask me to go with you, because if you do, I'll go. Please don't ask me to tell Frank about us, because i'll do that, too. Please don't ask me to give up my responsibilities or break up my family; I love you, and if you love me, too, then you just can't ask me to do these things. Because I don't trust myself enough to say no.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Don't think there are no second chances.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Halfway 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.
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true-love
inspiration
love
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The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Miracles do happen.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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You have the Best Of Me....
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Nicholas Sparks |
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His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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He always apologized, and sometimes he would even cry because of the bruises he'd made on her arms or legs or her back. He would say that he hated what he'd done, but in the next breath tell her she'd deserved it. That if she'd been more careful, it wouldn't have happened. That if she'd been paying attention or hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have lost his temper.
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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.
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Spending time with you showed me what I've been missing in my life. The more time we spent together, the more I could imagine it lasting in the future. That's never happened to me before, and I'm not sure it'll ever happen again. I've never been in love with anyone before you came along -- not real love anyway...not like this. And I'd be a fool if I let you slip away without a fight
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Nicholas Sparks |
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i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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That's the difference between family and friends. Family is always there, no matter what, even when it's not right next door. Which means that you'll find a way to keep the connection alive. Especially since you realize how important it is.
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Nicholas Sparks |
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I gave you the best of me.
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romance
heartbreak
love
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Nicholas Sparks |
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Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.
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recognize
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Nicholas Sparks |
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He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.
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grief
life
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