“That is why most great love stories are tragedies.”
Agatha Christie book Death on the Nile
Source: Death on the Nile
“Every great love starts with a great story…”
— Nicholas Sparks, book The Notebook
Source: The Notebook
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Source: A Model World and Other Stories
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