Still Reading

Tonight, the place was deserted, and as he and Ronnie strolled barefoot through the breaking surf, he was struck by the thought that this was the girl with whom he'd like to face the future.

He knew he was too young for such thoughts and was under no illusion that he was even considering marriage, but somehow he felt that if he met Ronnie ten years from now, she might be the one. He knew Scott wouldn't understand the concept-- Scott seemed unable to imagine a future that stretched past the upcoming weekend-- but then Scott wasn't so different from most of his peers. It was as if their minds ran on separate tracks: He wasn't into one-night stands, he wasn't into scoring to see if he could, he wasn't into acting just charming enough to get what he wanted before cutting someone loose in favor of someone new and attractive. He just wasn't like that. He would never be like that. When he met a girl, the first question he asked himself wasn't whether she was good for a few dates; it was whether she was the kind of girl he could imagine spending time with over the long haul.

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...When he'd asked why she seemed unable to settle down, her answer had been straightforward: "There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, quite frankly, are hard to find. But it's the serious ones I'm interested in, and it takes time to find a guy like that whom I'm equally interested in. I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?"

THE LAST SONG
by Nicholas Sparks

oh Nicholas Sparks... I didn't know a person like you ever existed in this world. well... besides Joshua Harris (author of I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl), just wow... for a guy like Will and his older sister who are 2 very well off people to even have that mindset about relationships. I would like to meet you someday... hahaha.. I'll visit North Carolina and visit Wrightsville Beach and Beaufort (from A Walk To Remember lol) someday... one of these days...

please read the book... if the movie disappointed you, please read the book. you might find yourself picturing Miley Cyrus when reading the book because I certainly can not read it without picturing her and her real-life bf.