“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”
― The Last Song
― The Last Song
“She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when I'm sitting here, I think about her. There could never have been another.”
― The Notebook
― The Notebook
“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.”
― Dear John
― Dear John
“Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.”
― The Time Traveler's Wife
― The Time Traveler's Wife
“But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it.”
― Dear John
― Dear John
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