# Quote — Nicholas Sparks, The Choice

> These days, it seemed that the only thing he was certain about was the knowledge that he wouldn't trade his years with Gabby for anything. Without her, his life had little meaning. He was a small-town husband with a small-town occupation and his cares were no different from anyone else's. He'd been neither a leader nor a follower, nor had he been someone who would be remembered long after he passed away. He was the most ordinary of men with only one exception: He'd fallen in love with a woman named Gabby, his love deepening in the years they'd been married. But fate had conspired to ruin all that, and now he spent long periods of his days wondering whether it was humanly possible to fix things between them.

- Author: [Nicholas Sparks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks.md)
- Book: [The Choice](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice.md)
- Page: 199
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/these-days-it-seemed

## More from this book

> No pretenses, no attempts to impress, no one trying to show anyone up.

p. 12 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/no-pretenses-no-attempts.md)

> That was one of the great things about being single: A person could pretty much do what he wanted, whenever he wanted, and introspection was only an option.

p. 54 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/that-was-one.md)

> "Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them...."

p. 101 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/nicholas-sparks/the-choice/traveling-has-less.md)