I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

I love you, Gabby, more than you'll ever know. You're everything I've ever wanted in a wife. You're every hope and every dream I've ever had, and you've made me happier than any man could possibly be. I don't ever want to give that up. I can't.

A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.

In this world that we live in we have originality in literature, but we also have TV and movies. I write love stories. I could never write a love story based on the Titanic - that was never a novel. If I see an idea that's been done in film, I try to avoid that.

I know you loved her, but it's okay to let it go now. You know that, don't you? You've got to be able to let it go.

It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever