I mean, if the relationship can’t survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd.

And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don’t know how you knew, but you did, and...

Having kids means taking care of them, raising them, loving and supporting them, and none of those things have anything to do with who makes them one night in the bedroom or the experience of...

I’ve never been afraid of them. Not once. Because I had you.

We get a lot of the sky is falling on the weather reports, so when something big does hit, people never expect it. If it’s not as bad as the reports predicted, we complain. If...

Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

It’s very difficult to find someone when you don’t know the parent’s names or have a street address,

I have no preference on writing in contemporary or historical periods-that decision is based on the story.

If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her—then don’t let her go.

Yes… it wasn’t over, it still isn’t over.

He wasn’t into one-night stands, he wasn’t into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn’t into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new...

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.

As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man — the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn’t exist.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it’s an art form that benefits everyone.

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don’t know it

He wanted to say that all this talk of feelings was irrelevant. Thatemotions come and go and can’t be controlled, so there’s no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be...

That’s why I don’t tell people about us. They wouldn’t understand, and 1 don’t feel the need to explain, simply because I know in my heart how real it was. When I think of you,...

Absolutely not. I’m an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I’m incompetent, too. Because I’m actually pretty good at what I do.” -Jo

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary.

You make one error, you pause, stumble, hesitate too long, don’t hesitate long enough, run a word together, hit your ‘S’ too hard, hit your ‘T’ too hard–[the director is] like: ‘Um, could you please...

I’m Catholic, and my wife is Catholic. We’re very religious. We go to church. We pray every night. We pray at dinner. To me, Catholics regard themselves as very Christian. Some Christians view Catholics as...

I have no desire to write screenplays-at heart, I’m a novelist.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it…

That’s why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because...

Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She’d believed in it once too, back when she was eighteen. But she knew that love was messy, just like life. It took turns that people...

I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I’m gone.

Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable…

Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can’t get you a new sweater?Jamie: Because, he’s too busy looking for your brain.

I don’t hate it here,” she said automatically. Surprising herself, she realized that as much as she’d been trying to convince herself otherwise, she was telling the truth. “It’s just that I don’t belong here.”He...

I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again.

Allie noticed it all, every sound, every thought. Her senses had come alive, invigorating her, and she felt her mind drifting through the last few weeks.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It’s one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling,...

She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people weren’t that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much everyone she knew wanted the same things: The wanted to feel...

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.

My daddy saidthat the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, the feeling just never goes away.

Y a pesar de que quizá alguien me llame loco o soñador, creo que en la vida todo es posible.

Experience had taught me that even the most precious memories fade with the passage of time.

Even when we were standing in the church and I was getting ready to take my vows, I can remember wishing that you were standing there, instead of him. Because I not only still loved...

It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.

I want all of you, forever everyday. You and me everyday.

You hope for the success, you dream about it, but you never expect it.

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I’ve read has taught me something.

I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.

No, it’s not that. It’s not what you’re thinking. I was serious when I said ‘all of it’. I can remember every moment we were together, and in eachof them there was something wonderful. I...

He leaned closer, their faces drawing near, and he could feel the heat of her breath mingling with his. He closed his eyes against the memory of a thousand other kisses and touched his lips...