"I came to the conclusion that unrealized..." - Quote by Nicholas Sparks

“That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she'd let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there were times when she felt hideously ugly, as though the scars that had been left behind were visible to everyone.”

“And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.”

“In another time and place, she might have felt differently, but thinking along those lines was pointless now.”

“I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.”

“Men cry because things are not what they ought to be.”

“I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along.”

“We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.”

“Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”