What’s the best thing about being in college? Good teachers. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don’t know it.

It lasted maybe 10 seconds,

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE had to be told in third person to be effective.

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face – I know it’s an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.

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...

What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

What it’s like to be a parent: It’s one of the hardest things you’ll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

For it is one thing to declare one’s love for someone and quite another to accept that loving that person requires sacrificing one’s dreams.

Dreams are always crushing when they don’t come true. But it’s the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You’re always close enough to touch,...

The day my life changed forever…The day I first saw you.

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

Promoting a book is always the same-busy but fun. I like to meet people who enjoy my work.

So it’s not gonna be easy. It’s going to be really hard; we’re gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you,...

This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank...

When we first met, I didn’t want to get involved with anyone. I didn’t have the time or energy, and I wasn’t sure that I was ready for it. But you were so good to...

It hadn’t been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she’d been an altogether different person back then.

I mean talk. Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what’s been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it’s been full of sorrow or anger,...

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

For desert, maybe we can split a couple of crumbs.

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.

I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. I keep it vague.

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...

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...

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.

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