Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

"Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all..."

"When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all."

"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."

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

"No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John"

"She leaned into me, and when I closed my eyes, I knew I wanted nothing more than to hold her this way forever."

"I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be."

"I'd learned that some things are best kept secret."

"Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever."

"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."

"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."

"You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it."

"I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again."

"Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away."

"It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming."

"You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it."

"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."

"When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all."

"I'd learned that some things are best kept secret."

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