22 Quotes From 'The Last Song' That Show Us The Beautiful Parts Of True Love

“One day you're gonna open your heart. And it isn't gonna be to make me happy. It'll be for you. Because love is gonna bring you joy.”

— Greg Kinnear, Steve Miller, amazon.com

“Kim: You have every right to shut down but please don't push me away. Ronnie: That's what I do mom, I push people away.”

— The Last Song, amazon.com

“At least you have the courage to feel. You feel everything so deeply.”

— Kelly Preston, Kim Miller, amazon.com

“In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Everyone makes mistakes even the people we love.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“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 relat…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“What happens in the past, is in the past. But don't be surprised if it comes back and haunts you.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and you just know it.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“She was a stranger now, but she'd been a friend once, and that was enough for him.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“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.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“He liked her; it was as simple as that.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I have faith that God will show you the answer. But you have to understand that sometimes it takes a while to be able to recognize what God wants you to do. That's how it often is. God's voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times,…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“You have to love something before you can hate it.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.’”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Life, he realize, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com