Posts tagged Safe Haven
Maggie May
"Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
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.
Safe Haven is Nicholas Sparks’ most recent book. It was very similar to his other books, and while some people agree that “they’re all the same,” I do have to say there are ways in which they are different. I enjoyed this one because it was more of a suspensful novel. In that way it kept me hooked, and kept me yelling “look out!” when the time was right. I am very excited to see how the movie will turn out. If you are a fan of Nicholas Sparks, I have no doubt in my mind that you’ll love the book. If you aren’t a Nicholas Sparks fan, I still think you’ll enjoy the quotes he has to offer, and think you should give this book a chance. It might just capture your attention, even if it is a little predictable.
While it warmed Alex’s heart to see those things, he always felt a pang of sadness, too, because it reminded him that he could never be everything that his daughter needed, no matter how hard he tried.
He accepted her occasional silences and varying moods, and he treated her with a gentleness that astonished and touched her.
Sometimes she would read him passages and he would hear her voice and watch the way she leaned against the counter and think to himself that she was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Love doesn’t mean anything if you’re not willing to make a commitment.
And when they kissed, which happened with surprising frequency, there were times when her knees went shaky and it was all she could do to stop from taking hsi hand and dragging him into the bedroom.
In the army, he’d slowly come to the realization that there were people who added goodness to the world and people who lived to destroy it.
Such men’s instincts to victimize and torture were as foreign to him as the ability to breathe underwater or fly; more than anything, he wanted revenge.
Even so, they’d yet to make love. Though he often found himself imagining how wonderful it would be, especially in those moments before sleep, he knew Katie wasn’t ready for that. For now, it was enough to kiss her, to feel her arms wrapped around him.
This is what it feels like to really love someone, she thought, and to be loved in return, and she could feel the tears beginning to form. She loved him, and wanted him, but more than that, she wanted him to love the real her, with all her flaws and secrets. She wanted him to know the whole truth.
When their lips finally came together, she could taste the wine on his tongue. She gave herself over to him then, allowing him to kiss her cheeck and her neck, and she leaned back, reveling in the sensation. She could feel the moisture of his lips as the brushed against her skin, and she slid her arms around his neck.
With that, she let herself lean into him. She felt their bodies come together and he raised a hand to her heair. His touch was gentle and soft, unlike anything she’d known before, and she watched in wonder as he closed his eyes.
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 think you’re intelligent and charming, and that you’re a person with a kind heart. I know that when you want to, you can look more beautiful than anyone I’ve ever met. You’re independent, you’ve got a good sense of humor, and you show surprising patience with children. You’re right in thinking that I don’t know the specifics of your past, but I don’t know that they’re all that important unless you want to tell me about them. Everyone has a past, but that’s just it — it’s in the past. You can learn from it, but you can’t change it. The person I’ve come to know, is the one I want to get to know even better.
