and all I could think was that I would like to spend every m... - Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

"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."

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

"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."

"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."