More quotes by Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

"We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world."
"When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all."
"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."
"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."