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She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.Nicholas Sparks
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Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.Nicholas Sparks
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Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.Nicholas Sparks
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That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.Nicholas Sparks
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I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.Nicholas Sparks
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...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.Nicholas Sparks
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If you love Alex now, then love him forever. Make him laugh again, and cherish the time you spend together. Take walks and ride your bikes, curl up on the couch and watch movies beneath a blanket. Make him breakfast, but don't spoil him. Let him make breakfast for you as well, so he can show you he thinks you're special. Kiss him and make love to him and consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he's the kind of man who'll prove you right.Nicholas Sparks
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Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.Nicholas Sparks
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He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.Nicholas Sparks
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She was in a terrible marriage and she couldn't talk to anyone. He used to hit her, and in the beginning she told him that if it ever happened again, she would leave him. He swore that it wouldn't and she believed him. But it only got worse after that, like when his dinner was cold, or when she mentioned that she'd visited with one of the neighbors who was walking by with his dog. She just chatted with him, but that night, her husband threw her into a mirror.Nicholas Sparks
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That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place." -JoNicholas Sparks
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It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.Nicholas Sparks
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Because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she knew it was growing angrier at every passing day.Nicholas Sparks
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Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.Nicholas Sparks
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Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong- I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You're short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad. It just wouldn't work. So people lie by omission all the time. People will tell you most of the story..and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid." -Jo.Nicholas Sparks
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The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.Nicholas Sparks
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...when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it.Nicholas Sparks
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That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she'd let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there were times when she felt hideously ugly, as though the scars that had been left behind were visible to everyone.Nicholas Sparks
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You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.Nicholas Sparks
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Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.Nicholas Sparks
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Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again, you must learn to trust again.Nicholas Sparks