# Quote — Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven

> "Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future."

- Author: [Nicholas Sparks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks.md)
- Book: [Safe Haven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/safe-haven.md)
- Page: 192
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicholas_Sparks#Safe_Haven_(2010)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/safe-haven/love-doesnt-mean

## More from this book

> Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards...and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/safe-haven/katie-eventually-realizes.md)

> "Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am."

p. 236 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/safe-haven/maybe-i-dont.md)

> "Long-term relationships--the ones that matter--are all about weathering the peaks and valleys."

p. 259 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/safe-haven/long-term-relationships-the-ones.md)