We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in it... - Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."