You have to promise you won't fall in love with me. - Nicholas Sparks

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.

Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.