30 Times Love And Heartbreak Were Painfully Defined In 'Dear John'

“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“You think it was tough out there. You think it was easy for me without you. You thought that every single day wasn't a Goddam marathon of my life without you?”

— Amanda Seyfried, amazon.com

“I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“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 lo…”

— Savannah Curtis, amazon.com

“Two weeks together, that’s all it took, two weeks for me to fall in love with you.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“True love means that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Everything around me makes me miss you.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“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.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“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.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I'm going to marry you one day, you know." "Is that a promise?" "If you want it to be.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I'll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“There are too many fault lines to count now.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“There are memories for both of us, of course, but I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence, and in this, Savannah and I are different as well.If hers are stars in the nighttime sky, mine are the haunted empty spaces in between...”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and i doubt you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. we fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

“Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com