“The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.”
Nicholas Sparks book Nights in Rodanthe
Variant: The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over. Those two elements always go together.
Source: Nights in Rodanthe
“…The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. Those two elements always go together. … The best we can hope for in life is that it doesn't happen for a long, long time.”
Adrienne Willis, Chapter 14, p. 152
2000s, Nights in Rodanthe (2002)
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