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“Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath...It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

tags: bittersweet, inspiration, love, true-love

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“Shura...are you...in love with me?"
"Turn to me," Alexander said. She turned. "Tatia, I worship you. I'm crazy in love with you. I want you to marry me.”
― Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman

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“Jamie: You know what I figured out today?
Landon: What?
Jamie: Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends. Like you were sent to me because I'm sick. To help me through all this. You're my angel.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

tags: death-and-dying, inspirational, life, miracle

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“Love does take. Loving someone takes strength. Love takes hard work. And sometimes… Love takes sacrifice. I remember thinking, feeling the only thing worse than being with Drew was being without him.”
― Cambria Hebert, #Junkie

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“Because here we were, wide awake and well fed, and I knew I hadn’t just wanted to be held by anyone last night. I wanted to be held only by him.”
― Tess Wakefield, Purple Hearts

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For Love of a Book — 6481 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
This group was created to connect lovers of stories across the internet with their characters and plotlines, dreams and recommendations. Bibliophiles ...more

Turn of a Page — 3358 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

A Million More Pages — 2180 members — last activity 59 minutes ago
Welcome! A Million More Pages (AMMP) is a reading group built around challenge-based reading, hosting seasonal challenges that encourage exploration, ...more

Game Night — 1142 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
We host team and individual reading games based on board games, game shows, dice games & all things fun! Choose one game or play them all... It's up ...more