True love is rare, and it’s the only thing that gives life real meaning.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I’ve ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you know much you’ve...

Mom says it’s because she has PMS.Do you even know what that means?”I’m not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

God, with a wisdom I can’t claim to understand, called you home a long time ago, and the tears I shed that night have never seemed to dry.

Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust.

There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the most inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people’s...

We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still...

Amanda olhou para ele – Tens de compreender que já não sou a rapariga que era dantes. Sou casada e sou mãe e, tal como toda a gente, não sou perfeita. Debato-me com as escolhas...

That’s what I don’t like about college, by the way. It’s like a lot of people don’t believe these years really count, so you’re allowed to experiment with… whatever. There’s such a casual view about...

God, he suddenly understood, was love in its purest form, and in these last months with his children, he had felt His touch as surely as he had heard the music spilling from Ronnie’s hands.

It wasn’t that long, and it certainly wasn’t the kind of kiss you see in movies these days, but it was wonderful in its own way, and all I can remember about the moment is...

We attempt to be accepting of others. Sometimes we aren’t, but at least we try.

A WALK TO REMEMBER is set in the late 1950s because that was the last really innocent period in schools.

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

I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested.No?”Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on...

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.

I been watchin’ you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin’ to forget.

It’s hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can’t understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every...

You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s...

It’s impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

She couldn’t read his expression. As he started toward her, she recalled the way he’d seemed to glide through the sand the first time she’d ever seen him; she remembered their kiss on the boat...

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we...

That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever...

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

To be quite honest, I’ve been very blessed when I’ve worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as...

Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can’t get any better, it can.

I don’t want to lose you.’ His voice almost a whisper. Seeing his haggard expression, she took his hand and squeezed it, then reluctantly let it go. She could feel the tears again, and she...

and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her

You can’t live your life for other people. You’ve got to do what’s right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

It’s the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

Even the most ordinary things can be made extraordinary simply by doing it with the right people.

I love you too, Will Blakelee,” she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

While I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend...

It was… the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

Loving once and only once is possible-anything is possible.

If I wasn’t doing this, I have no idea what I’d be doing.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over.

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...

If you’re going to sit on someone’s tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?

…nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

Theresa, I know there’s a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can’t. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can’t do it...

I gave you the best of me.

Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.

Con el tiempo uno se acostumbra a todo.

God’s voice is usually nothing more than a whisper, and you have to listen very carefully to hear it. But other times, in those rarest of moments, the answer is obvious and rings as loud...

I’ll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I’ll be that.

He liked her; it was as simple as that.

So I put out a search for him,