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"Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"The pieces all fit together. Yet everything was falling apart."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"What problems?" "Well for starters.. you're an evil duck killer."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and you just know it."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"She squinted up at him. "But I haven't always made good decisions."

Pastor Harris smiled. "All that shows is that you're human."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"If the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth will it be worth my time and energy for the short term?"
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"I don't care if your dad is the Sultan of Brunei. You happened to be born into a privileged family. What you do with that truth is completely up to you. I'm here because I want to be with you. But if I didn't, all the money in the world wouldn't have changed my feelings for you."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"I’ve been doing this a long time, and I’ve come to learn that predictions don’t mean much. Too much lies outside the realm of medical knowledge. A lot of what happens next comes down to you and your specific genetics, your attitude. No, there’s nothing we can do to stop the inevitable, but that’s not the point. The point is that you should try to make the most of the time you have left."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring just to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with in the long haul."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)

"The search for God's presence was much of a mystery as God himself, and what was God if now a mystery?"
— Nicholas Sparks (The Last Song)