She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second. Nicholas Sparks More Quotes by Nicholas Sparks More Quotes From Nicholas Sparks After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you. Nicholas Sparks without-you ifs heaven His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life. Nicholas Sparks follow-me voice I love you," he finally whispered. She leaned forward and touched his face. "I know. And I love you, too. Nicholas Sparks touched faces love-you You know the real me," she said, stopping to peer up at him. "More than anyone else. Nicholas Sparks stopping peers real You are staring at me like you were going to eat me up. Nicholas Sparks staring like-you Not everything," he said. "Not the important things. My kids are safe. You're safe. That's all I really care about. This" - he said motioning - "is just stuff. Most of it can be replaced. It just takes time. Nicholas Sparks important safe kids It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible. Nicholas Sparks your-side impossible sides I don't know if spirits do indeed roam the world, but even if they do, I will sense your presence everywhere. When I listen to the ocean, it will be your whispers; when I see a dazzling sunset, it will be your image in the sky. Nicholas Sparks sunset ocean sky I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone. Nicholas Sparks i-loved-you summer thinking If hers are the stars in the nighttime sky, mine are the haunted empty spaces in between. Nicholas Sparks space stars sky People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other Nicholas Sparks perfect believe people I gave you the best of me. Nicholas Sparks best-of-me I'm not saying it because I'm sweet. I'm saying it because I love you now and I always have. More than you can imagine. Nicholas Sparks imagine love-you sweet I know. You could never hid anything. Your eyes always gave you away. You had the most wonderful eyes I'd ever seen." She lifted her head from his shoulder and looked discretely at him. When she spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper. "I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone. Nicholas Sparks eye summer thinking And here it will end, one way or the other," she whispered again Nicholas Sparks one-way ends way It took strength to hold on to inner passion, and Noah had done that. Nicholas Sparks passion done You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days. Nicholas Sparks engaged stills couple And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives. Nicholas Sparks missing She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after all these years had somehow known exactly what she'd needed to hear. When their eyes locked, she once again realized how special he was. And just for a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again. Nicholas Sparks firefly eye summer I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then. Nicholas Sparks felt knows way