In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never… - Nicholas Sparks

An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again. She seemed that good, that perfect, while a summer wind blew through the trees.

If it's over--if it's really over--then don't let it screw up the rest of your life.

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