In our time together, you claimed a special place in my hear... - Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

"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."

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

"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."

"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."