there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives

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

Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.

It took strength to hold on to inner passion, and Noah had done that.

Me. A bad boy. For eating boiled peanuts in the graveyard. Go figure.

If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop.

You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't.

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

I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.

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

You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.

That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is.

And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.

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

Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.

i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.

Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected.

Frugality, I've learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.

When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.

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

The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.

If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.

sometimes our future is dictated by what we are, as opposed to what we want.

I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.

Did you ever realize you have more opinions about my life than your own life?

Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?

Most people don’t know how to appreciate the silence. They can’t help talking.

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.

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

I know what it's like to be day and night now; always together, forever apart.

Love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime.

I have loved another with all my heart, and for me that has always been enough.

and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family.

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write.

Without love of something I don't know if you can have a meaningful life at all.

She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.

You might not believe it...but you make the world a better place when you smile.

I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.

First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.

And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock.

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