Carolina QuotesI can't make this decision for you, Allie, this one's all yours. I want you to know, though, that I love you. And I always will. I know that doesn't help, but it's all I can do.
Nicholas Sparks Carolinian
Source
Anne Nelson, An Unexpected Visitor, p. 138
- work
- The Notebook (1996)
- year
- 1996
- locator
- p. 138
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“I can't make this decision for you, Allie, this one's all yo…” Nicholas Sparks. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B64DC25E2E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b64dc25e2e
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