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“Real love never fails.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Forever

“The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Leaving

“The truth was this: Love is a decision.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Redemption

“God stays awake all the time. In case we need to talk to Him about something.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Like Dandelion Dust

“Perfect love drives out fear”
― Karen Kingsbury, Loving

“Pray on all occasions." Unlocked page 38.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Unlocked

“Her eyes held an endless kind of love for him.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Take Three

“Goodbyes are on of the hardest things about life. One way or another people were always leaving... Always moving on.”
― Karen Kingsbury Leaving

“Life changes, people come and go and seasons never last.
Karen kingsbury # Leaving”
― karen kingsbury

“A verse came to mind, one that has comforted Kari before. It was the shortest verse in the Bible: Jesus wept. If he cried over Jerusalem, if he cried over the death of Lazarus, surely he was crying now over the death of her dreams, the death of her marriage.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Redemption

“Nothing could be gained by worrying and dreading the future, borrowing tomorrow's pain for today.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Gideon's Gift

“You don’t love someone you lie to. And you don’t lie to someone you love.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Just Beyond the Clouds

“I've never loved like this. Never known what love was until I met you. But the fear of losing you doesn't make me run the other way. It makes me run toward you ... and I'll keep running. I'll fight for you until you tell me to stop. Love always involves fear. There are no guarantees about tomorrow for any of us. But in the meantime, while we're waiting for answers ... while we're wondering what's at the end of the road ... I want to walk it with you.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Longing

“Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.”
― Karen Kingsbury (character Cody Coleman), Take Two

“They'd had fun, for sure. They laughed and enjoyed being together. But if she was painfully honest with herself, something was missing. Something in the way Tim looked at her. She remembered her mom's word. "I saw the way he looked at you...he adores you." Maybe that was it. Tim looked at her on a surface level. He smiled and seemed happy to see her. But When Cody looked at her, there were no layers left, nothing her didn't reveal, nothing he couldn't see. He didn't really look at her so much as he looked into her. To the deepest, most real places in her heart and soul.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Take Two

“It's never too late with truth. It stands outside time.”
― Karen Kingsbury, The Chance

“The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Where Yesterday Lives

“As long as he was breathing, God's greatest task for him was not yet finished. His highest purpose in life was still unfulfilled. ... God still had plans for him.”
― Karen Kingsbury, The Chance

“Love happens when people forgive.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Oceans Apart

“Life is too short to be anything but real with the cast of characters God has placed in the story of your life. Love well, laugh often, and find your life in Christ. Don't hide away or be a follower. Be the wonderful unique person God made you to be, and know that your purpose will always be best when defined by your faith in him”
― Karen Kingsbury, Unlocked

“More tears rushed from the depths of her tortured soul. ... The losses piled up.”
― Karen Kingsbury, The Chance

“Love well, laugh often and live well for Christ.”
― Karen Kingsbury Leaving

“He wished he had feelings for Andi, wanted to be interested in her...But there were 10 quick reasons why he wasn't interested. The biggest: Bailey Flanigan. He could hear her laugh from across the room. He sighed, and it felt like it came from the basement of his soul.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Take Two

“The message of Christ’s love is found in Isaiah, chapter sixty-one,” the man was saying. “God himself will restore the crumbling foundations of your life. He will give you beauty for ashes. He’ll provide redemption, no matter who you are, where you are. . . .”
― Karen Kingsbury, Redemption

“Dealing with evil was something only the Lord could do, and in His timing He most certainly would deal with it.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Remember Tuesday Morning

“Like a constant assurance Bailey carried with her, God remained. All things might change. Love could come and go and friendships could fade. But God stayed. It was the truth that kept her company on the loneliest nights.”
― Karen Kingsbury, Loving

“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

“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, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight

“Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song