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Two by Two

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with an emotionally powerful story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards. At 32, Russell Green has it all: a stunning wife, a lovable six ye

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“They talked. They learned to trust each other, despite the odds.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Trust, Love, Relationships

“Where does one begin when trying to make sense of a story that makes little sense at all?”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Story, Make Sense

“But wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Wisdom, intelligent

“I know. But I want you to try. Just remember that I’ve made it through one hundred percent of the worst days of my life so far.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Bad Day, Life, Relationships, Pain

“It isn’t the life I ever imagined. Half the time, I feel like a stranger in my own skin.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Stranger, Life

“I know it seems scary right now, but in the end, it’s all going to be worth it. And your life isn’t going to change.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Fear, Life, Relationships, Change

“Somehow, despite the years we’d been together, she’d become a stranger to me.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Stranger, Love, Relationships

“Those moments have stayed with me forever, partly because of their simplicity, but also because they were revelatory. Nor were they ever quite repeated, and I can’t shake the thought that if I ever tried to replicate them, the original memories would slip through my fingers like sand, lessening the…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationships, Memories

“I know you love her. If anything, you love her too much.’ ‘There’s no such thing.’ ‘Yeah, well… I’m just saying that she’s not always the easiest person to be married to.’ ‘That’s because she’s a woman.’ ‘Don’t start second-guessing yourself now. Unless you were willing to move halfway across the co…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Marriage, Love, Relationships

“Get married. Love your wife and treat her with respect. Have children, and teach them the value of hard work. Do your job. Don’t complain. Remember that family— unlike most of those people you might meet in life— will always be around. Fix what can be fixed or get rid of it. Be a good neighbor. Love…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Life, Relationships, Life Plan

“In time, they seemed to lose a bit of luster because she’d come to expect them. So I’d rack my brain, trying to think of another way to please her, something that would let her know how much she still meant to me.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Expectation

“The more practical side of me knew that remaining a couple over the long term took effort on both sides. It requires commitment and compromise, communication and cooperation, especially as life tends to throw curveballs, often when we least expect them. Ideally, the curveball slides past the couple…”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Challenges, Distance

“If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Love, Let Go

“Hope might leave me crushed in the end, but losing all hope somehow seemed even worse.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Hope, Losing, Worse, Crushed

“The strength to be who you are without fear of rejection from others was something I respected, if only because it was something I aspired to myself.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Being Yourself, Fearless, Rejection

“They talked. They learned to trust each other, despite the odds. They fell in love.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Love

“Wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition.”

— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com

Tagged: Wisdom, Experience, Peace