Nicholas Sparks

There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.

Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love. Spoken like a man with plenty of experience. But keep in mind that true love lasts forever. Poets would say that true love always ends in tragedy.

When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.

...he often wondered when exactly her feeling for him finally overwhelmed those she'd had for Kevin... </br>He wasn't sure; capturing a specific instant like that was no more possible than locating a specific drop of water in the ocean.

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.

I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.

It might seem as the hardest thing to do, but you have to forget the guy who forgot about you.

"Aren't you frightened?"
Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup would, or to explain that we can't presume to understand the Lord's plan.
She looked away. "Yes," she finally said, "I'm frightened all the time."
"Then why don't you act like it?"
"I do. I just do it in private."
"Because you don't trust me?"
"No," she said, "because I know you're frightened, too."