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The Last Song

The Last Song
Nicholas Sparks

The Last Song is a 2009 novel by American author Nicholas Sparks. The Last Song is Sparks' fourteenth published novel , and was written specifically as the basis for the film adaptation by the same name. It was released on September 1, 2009 by Grand Central Publishing. The story revolves around the summer of Ronnie Miller's seventeenth year, during which she is sent to stay with her estranged father. Through their shared love of music, the duo reconnect.

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“Unless you had a popular video on YouTube
or could perform shows in front of thousands, musical ability meant nothing.”

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“God, he suddenly understood, was love in its purest form, and in these last months with his children, he had felt His touch as surely as he had heard the music spilling from Ronnie's hands.”

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“It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.”

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“The search for God's presence was much of a mystery as God himself, and what was God if not a mystery?”

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“I love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.”

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“The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.”

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“He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her.”

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“I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.”

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“We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.”

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“Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.”

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“At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it…”

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“He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.”

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“As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of ‘Hi, it’s nice to meet you’ in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?”

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“Life, he realized, was much like a song.
In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.”

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Steve Miller, Chapter 36, Steve, p. 376
Source: 2000s, The Last Song (2009)

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“The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.”

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“Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.”

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