The Choice

by Nicholas Sparks

That’s the thing about being the product of happily married parents. You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you’re entitled to live it.

Amazing what a little truthful confrontation could do for the soul.

She knew that time had a funny way of dimming the edges of reality until only something blurry remained,

And by the way, don’t think twice about anything you did or didn’t do. Like I said, these people draw meaning from doing these little things. It makes them feel manly and motherly, which is just the way the world should work. As single women, all we have to do is make sure to enjoy it.”

For the most part, people go through the same experiences and think the same things, but somehow no one ever escapes the belief that his experience is unique in every conceivable way.”

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.