“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 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
“Be a little selfish when it comes to love. In fact be very selfish. Because your heart and your emotions aren’t something someone should fuck with.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“And here’s the incredible thing about women I don’t quite understand: you know when a man is not feeling you yet you still give your all, you continue to try to make it work. Why play that game? Why not just weed out, up front, all the men you know are going to do nothing but cause you heartache and…”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“Treat sex as if it’s something special and let the man you’re interested in know that it’s special, and guess what? He’ll either leave— which is what you want this guy to do if you’re in the market for a serious relationship— or he’ll see something special in you and do what it takes to meet your st…”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“I said it before and I’ll say it again: the man who refuses to give you time to investigate whether he’s worthy of intimacy with you is not your man.”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“A woman who cares about herself and how she presents herself to the world, and looks like she’d elevate our game, is the woman who will get our attention.”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“All a man is concerned about when he first sees a woman is how she looks, how she’s dressed, and what she’ll look like on our arm when we’re strolling along.”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“Please understand: a man who wants you will jump through hoops of fire with buckets of gasoline tied to his waist if he loves you and you make clear to him that you need a firm commitment from him— monogamy and a ring— if he’s going to stay with you.”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“You’ve got to stop looking for all the signs that the new man is going to hurt you, stop messing around with the guy who’s just wasting your time, stop holding on to the hurt and anger and resentment”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com
“You can’t get the man you want if you got all your garbage— all that baggage from the last guy who did you wrong, an ex you won’t let go of”— Steve Harvey, amazon.com