Where does a story truly begin? In life, there are seldom clear-cut beginnings, those moments when we can, in looking back, say that everything started. Yet there are moments when fate intersects with our daily lives, setting in motion a sequence of events whose outcome we could never have foreseen.
Nicholas SparksI'd have to swing by the house first to change into something more comfortable.โ โThat's fine,โ he said. โI'm all for you changing into something more comfortable.โ โI'll bet you are,โ she said knowingly. โNow, don't start getting fresh,โ he said, feigning offense. โI don't think we know each other well enough for that.
Nicholas SparksMen are like that sometimes - if they meet someone and fall in love, it's real, no matter how fast it happened. But if someone falls for a woman they happen to care about, all they do is question the man's intentions.
Nicholas SparksGossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.
Nicholas SparksPeople come, people go โ theyโll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.
Nicholas SparksBut like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.
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