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

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

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