"I realized that there were times when..." - Quote by Nicholas Sparks

“You made me happy and you made me laugh, and if I could do it all over again, I would not hesitate. Look at our life, at the trips we took, the adventures we had. As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.”

“Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.”

“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.”

“You might as well make yourself fly as to make yourself love.”

“Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.”

“Very few modern people think Friendship a love of comparable value or even a love at all.”

“Those who are absent, by its means become present; it [mail] is the consolation of life.”

“...whoever you are, not matter how lonely the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh & exciting - over & over announcing your place in the family of things.”

“No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.”