“Remember me with joy, for this is how I always thought of you. That is what I want, more than anything. I want you to smile when you think of me. And in your smile, I will live forever”

— Nicholas Sparks, book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

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American writer and novelist 1965

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