And I had no regrets about the way I turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not about the destination.
Nicholas SparksThese days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.
Nicholas SparksYou're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.
Nicholas SparksMarriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.
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He looks pretty broken up about the fact he won't see me tonight."
"Absolutely crushed," Sarah agreed with a nod.
"We were supposed to rent a movie together, you know."
Sarah shrugged. "It must be terrible to be forgotten so easily."
Miles laughed. He was smitten about her, no doubt about it.
It's okay to be sad. Everyone gets sad now and then. Even me."
"But you're a grown-up."
"Grown-ups get sad, too.
If you'd rather not answer, you don't have to," Miles offered. "I'm sure it wouldn't change my impression of him, anyway."
"And what impression is that?"
"I don't like him."
Sarah laughed. "Why do you say that?"
"Because you don't like him."
"You're pretty perceptive.
You get to tour some of the historic homes and listen to ghost stories."
"This is what people do in small towns?"
"We could either do that or go sit on my porch, chew some tobacco, and play banjos.
Can I have a Happy Meal?"
"don't you think you're getting a little old for that?"
"I'm only seven, Dad.
But I'm the only one in my class who has to stay after school."
"Yeah, well... that's okay. I had to stay after school when I was a kid, too."
That seemed to get his attention. "You did?"
"Yeah. Only I didn't have to do it for only a couple of months, I had to do it for two years."
"Two years?"
Miles nodded for emphasis. "Every day."
"Wow," he said, "you must really have been dumb if you had to stay for two years."
That wasn't my point, but I guess if it makes you feel better, I'll take it.
"You're a smart young man and don't you ever forget it, okay?
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