#park

All they told me was that he was forty-two when he died. I just wanted...to find out more about what kind of person he was. I could tell you more, amanda thought to herself. A lot more. She'd suspected the truth since Morgan Tanner had called, and she'd made some calls to confirm her suspicions. Dawson, she'd learned, had been taking off life support at CarolinaEast Regional Medical Center late Monday night. He's been kept alive long after doctors knew he would never recover, because he was an organ donor. Dawson, she knews, had saved Alan's life-but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for that meant...everything. I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that. How about a quick hug," she said, "before we go inside?" Jared rolled his eyes, but he opened his arms anyway. "I love you, Mom," he mumbled, pulling her close. Amanda closed her eyes, feeling the steady rhythm in his chest. "I love you, too. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#heart #love #necholassparks #novel #romance

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

#marriage #nicholas-sparks #the-last-song #marriage

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#marriage #nicholas-sparks #novels #romance #wedding

As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#fiction #message-in-a-bottle #nicholas-sparks #reality #romance

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#cause #deep #each #flame #goes

It's the plain truth: without Richard Parker, I wouldn't be alive today to tell you my story ↗

— Yann Martel Life of Pi

#life #life-of-pi #richard-parker #inspirational

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach. ↗

— Hilary Swank

#beach #been #dog #going #park

Well, we've made some changes on this tour. We're no longer sleeping in the parking lots and swimming in the fountains. We've been staying in hotels most of the way, though I will say some hotels have declined to take us because we're just having too much fun. ↗

— Bill Walton

#been #changes #declined #fountains #fun

Until I separated from Parker, I had never been without them-and it's the hardest thing to share them. But we're trying to give the children the semblance of having whole lives. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#children #give #had #hardest #having

You know, when you can play with the greatest players of that particular era, you look forward to going to the ballpark. I mean, you thought it was great to be there in the clubhouse. You thought it was great to be on the field. ↗

— Johnny Bench

#clubhouse #era #field #forward #going