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And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

"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." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

"It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!" — Nicholas Sparks

"Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there’s nothing to make it last." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

""I'm going to marry you one day, you know." "Is that a promise?" "If you want it to be."
Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

"I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

"And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever." — Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)