“It's strange, I think, the way our lives turn out. Moments of circumstance, when later combined with conscious decisions and actions and a boatload of hope, can eventually forge a future that seems predestined.”

—  Nicholas Sparks , book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

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American writer and novelist 1965

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