Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life."
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"It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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 happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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 for him."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"Love is Love no matter old you are, and I knew if I gave you enough time, you'd come back to me."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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 you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go. I love you, T."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"Someday you'll find someone special again. People who've been in love once usually do. It's in their nature."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"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."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
"True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning."
Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
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