“The Best of Me” by Nicholas Sparks - Quodid

I knew you wouldn't let anything happen to me. I always felt safe when you were around.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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You aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again. You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

Change isn't always for the best.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes it saddened her to think that she'd never experience that kind of feeling again, but then life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion; she'd learned all too well that love wasn't always enough.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

There's a lot of magic between you, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once too, back when she was eighteen. But she knew that love was messy, just like life. It took turns that people couldn't foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of 'what if' questions that could never be answered.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

That's why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered—not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

About Nicholas Sparks

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Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published 24 novels, 16 of which are New York Times bestsellers, and two works of nonfiction, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide (92 million in the U.S. alone) in more than 50 languages. Among his works are The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle all of which, along with eight other books, have been adapted as feature films.

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