Quotes from book

Safe Haven

“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.”

“That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place.”

“He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.”

“For them, it was nothing but an ordinary day on an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend, but for her, there was something revelatory about the notion that wonderful moments like these existed.”

“Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.”

“Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.”

“Love can sometimes achieve the impossible”

“but she realized that she wanted him to know her. She wanted him to understand her, if only because she had strange sense that he was the kind of man she could fall in love with, even if she didn't want to.”

“Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.”

“That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her already and would love her forever.”

“I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.”

“Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.”

“I truly believe that while love can hurt, love can also heal…”

“If Alex has chosen you, then I want you to believe that I have chosen you as well.”

“What? You don't think he's cute?"
"I didn't really notice."
"How can you not notice when a guy is cute?" Melody stared at her in disbelief.”

“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment.”

“I've wanted to go out with you from the first moment I saw you. I just had to wait until you were ready.”

“Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she believed.”

“Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed… normal.”