Lines that I like from Nicholas Park's Novel-The Notebook

Poetry, she thought, wasn't
written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without
understanding.

Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that
overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on
falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me.
But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening
to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare
and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's
why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never
forget a single moment of it.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe
they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this
one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been
forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this good‐bye is both a goodbye
for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come.
When I look at you, I see your beauty and grace and know they have grown stronger
with every life you have lived. And I know I have spent every life before this one
searching for you. Not someone like you, but you, for your soul and mine must
always come together. And then, for a reason neither of us understands, we've
been forced to say good‐bye.

You are
the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I
don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you,
even if it hurts some people you love