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Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American romance novelist and screenwriter. He has published twenty novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film all with multimillion-dollar box office grosses. His novels feature stories of tragic love with happy endings.

Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska and wrote his first novel, The Passing, in 1985, while a student at the University of Notre Dame. His first published work came in 1990, when he co-wrote with Billy Mills Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Self-Understanding, which sold approximately 50,000 copies in its first year. In 1993, Sparks wrote his breakthrough novel The Notebook in his spare time while selling pharmaceuticals in Washington, D.C.. Two years later, his novel was discovered by the literary agent Theresa Park, who offered to represent him. The novel was published in October 1996 and made the New York Times best-seller list in its first week. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. December 1965   •   Other names Nicholas Spark
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Nicholas Sparks Quotes

“It took turns that people couldn’t foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

People , Understanding , Question

“See me just as I see you.”

Nicholas Sparks book See Me

Source: See Me

“… when a wife wouldn't testify, little punishment was meted out. Alex came to understand that only those who pressed charges ever became truly free, because the life they were leading was a prison, even if most of them wouldn't admit it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

Life , Understanding

“I'll always miss her. But our love is like the wind: I can't see it, but I can feel it.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Variant: Our love is like the wind... I cant see it, but I sure can feel it.
Source: A Walk to Remember

Love , Feeling

“And I had no regrets about the way I turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not about the destination.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Variant: I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about journey, maybe, but not the destination.
Source: Dear John

Way

“It's probably not going to lead to anything. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. If everyone who thought they might fail didn't even try, where would we be today?”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit with out speaking. This is the great paradox.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

People , Silence , Drawing

“I love you," he finally whispered. She leaned forward and touched his face. "I know. And I love you, too.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

Love

“Two weeks together, that’s all it took, two weeks for me to fall in love with you.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

Love

“I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can’t be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering whether the trade-off is fair.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Ira Levinson, Chapter 17, p. 237
Source: 2009, The Longest Ride (2013)
Context: My marriage brought great happiness into my life, but lately there's been nothing but sadness. I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can't be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering whether the tradeoff is fair. A man should die as he had lived, I think; in his final moments, he should be surrounded and comforted by those he's always loved.

Love , Understanding

“Noah, wherever you are and whenever you read this, I love you. I
love you deeply, my husband. You are, and always have been, my
dream.
Allie”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

Love , Dreams , Reading

“So tell me, Mr. Science Journalist, do you still doubt the existence of miracles?""

""I just tole you. You're my miracle.”

Nicholas Sparks book True Believer

True Believer

Science

“…he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes were made, regrets form, and all the was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Proloque, p. 3
2000s, The Choice (2007)

People , Law , Nature , Change

“Writing is easy. It's just the typing that's hard.”

Nicholas Sparks

Miles Sparks, Prologue, p. 3
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)

“Is love at first sight truly possible?”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy Marsh, Prologue, p. 1
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Love

“There are ghosts and there is love,
And both are present here,
To those who listen, this tale will tell
The truth of love and if it's near.”

Nicholas Sparks

Miss Harkins, Chapter 13, p. 139
2000s, A Bend in the Road (2001)

Love , Truth

“The past was gone, after all, and the future was the only thing they had left.”

Nicholas Sparks

Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 12, p. 180
2009, The Best of Me (2011)

Past , Future

“I lead a simple life now, I am foolish, an old man in love, a dreamer who dreams of nothing but reading to Allie and holding her whenever I can. I am a sinner with many faults and a man who believes in magic, but I am too old to change and too old to care.”

Nicholas Sparks

Duke, Winter for Two, p. 212
1990s, The Notebook (1996)

Love , Life , Dreams , Change

“Standing next to Micah, I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice.”

Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks, Chapter 9, p. 138
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)

Communication , Time

“I was not meant to be alone. I am not good at it. The years since Ruth's passing have ticked by with the kind of desparate silence known only to the elderly. It is a silence underscored by loneliness and the knowledge that the good years are already in the past, coupled with the complications of old age itself.
The body is not meant to survive nearly a century. I speak from experience when I say this…”

Nicholas Sparks

Ira Levinson, Chapter 28, p. 320-321
2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

Age , Knowledge , Silence , Past

“I'm of the opinion that anyone--even strangers--can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing. … But when that didn't work, I offered to pay them.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 14, p. 218
2000s, True Believer (2005)

People , Sense

“I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine using red for your passion and pale blue for your kindness; forest green to reflect the depth of your empathy and bright yellow for your unflagging optimism. And still I wonder: can even an artist's palette capture the full range of what you mean to me?”

Nicholas Sparks

Ira Levinson, Chapter 28, p. 326-327
2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

Way , Feeling , Imagination , Optimism

“Like I said, you're in this together. Men have certain needs, women have different needs; that's the way it was hundreds of years ago, and that's the way it's going to be hundreds of years from now. If you both realize that, and you both work on meeting each other's needs, you'll have a good marriage. And part of that, for both of you, is trust. In the end, it's that simple.”

Nicholas Sparks

Doris, Chapter 12, p. 164
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Women , Men , Marriage , Way

“No, there's no experience quite like having children, and despite the challenges we once faced, I've considered myself blessed because of the family we created.”

Nicholas Sparks

Wilson Lewis, Chapter 2, p. 36
2000s, The Wedding (2003)

Children , Family

“A truth emerges in any long marriage, and the truth is this: Our spouses sometimes know us better than we even know ourselves.”

Nicholas Sparks

Ira Levinson, Chapter 28, p. 325
2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

Marriage , Truth

“I've come to believe that children live for the satisfaction of surprising their parents…”

Nicholas Sparks

Wilson Lewis, Chapter 2, p. 34
2000s, The Wedding (2003)

Children , Parent

“She didn't hide what she was thinking, she didn't try to impress him, nor was she swayed by anything he'd accomplished in the past. Instead she seemed to evaluate him as he was today, right now, without holding either the past or the future against him.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 9, p. 159
2000s, True Believer (2005)

Thinking , Past , Future

“…The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. Those two elements always go together. … The best we can hope for in life is that it doesn't happen for a long, long time.”

Nicholas Sparks

Adrienne Willis, Chapter 14, p. 152
2000s, Nights in Rodanthe (2002)

Love , Life , Hope , Time

“Mitch…was the kind of man who added something to everything he touched and everyone he came in contact with. I was envious of his view on life. He saw it all as a big game, where the only way to win was to be good to other people, to be able to look at yourself in the mirror and like what you see.”

Nicholas Sparks

Taylor McAden, Chapter 25, p. 300
2000s, The Rescue (2000)

Life , People , Way , Game

“My point is simply that kids turn out okay as long as the parents are involved, no matter where they live. It's not like small towns have a monopoly on values. I mean, I'm sure if I did some digging, I'd find lots of kids that were in trouble here, too. Kids are kids, no matter where they live.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 7, p. 108
2000s, True Believer (2005)

Parent

“I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart. But what I can do is let another share in the joy that she has always given me.”

Nicholas Sparks

Hegbert Sullivan, Chapter 13, p. 239
1990s, A Walk to Remember (1999)

Heart , Joy

“…when two people live together, the stress flows both ways. This, I come to believe, is both the blessing and the curse of marriage. It's a blessing because there's an outlet for the everyday strains of life; it's a curse because the outlet is someone you care deeply about.”

Nicholas Sparks

Wilson Lewis, Prologue, p. 3
2000s, The Wedding (2003)

Life , Marriage , People , Way

“…There is a greater purpose to all this. It is your destiny.”

Nicholas Sparks

Victor, Chapter 13, Thibault, p. 146
2000s, The Lucky One (2008)

“Well, then I'd say it takes two to tango. My guess is that both of you are right and both of you are wrong. That's the way most arguments go, anyway. People are who they are and no one is perfect, but marriage is about becoming a team. You're going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you'll alway figure out a way to get through it.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy's father, Chapter 11, p. 148
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Love , Life , Marriage , People

“It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment and love were found in the smallest details of people's lives. It was a life of dignity and honor, not without sorrows yet fulfilling in a way that few experiences ever were. She knew Tuck understood that more than anyone.”

Nicholas Sparks

Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 2, p. 35
2009, The Best of Me (2011)

Love , Life , People , Way

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks

Back jacket flap
2009, Safe Haven (2010)

Love , Life

“You are a smart man, Ira, but sometimes I think you do not understand women very well.”

Nicholas Sparks

Ruth Levinson, Chapter 20 Ira, p. 267
2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

Women , Understanding , Thinking

“…he realized that the same thing that made women initially attractive to him--their need to be taken care of--was the very thing that eventually signaled he end of the relationship. How did that old saying go? If you've been divorced once, you might be right in thinking your ex was the problem. If you've been divorced three times? Well, folks, the problem is most definitely you. Granted, he hadn't been divorced, but the point was well taken.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Chapter 12, p. 144-145
2000s, The Choice (2007)

Women , Problem , Thinking , Time

“…feeling her helplessness. There was nothing worse. Most people lived under the illusion that they were in control of their lives, but that wasn't completely true. Yeah, you could decide what to have for breakfast and what to wear and all those little things, but as soon as you stepped out into the world, you were pretty much at the mercy of everyone else around you, and all you could do was hope that if they were having a bad day, they wouldn't decide to take it out on you.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jennifer Romanello, Chapter 30, p. 323
2000s, The Guardian (2003)

People , World , Hope , Feeling

“…there is the fact that having a child transforms the basic marriage relationship. No longer are you simply husband and wife, you are mother and father as well, and all spontaneity vanishes immediately.”

Nicholas Sparks

Wilson Lewis, Chapter 2, p. 35-36
2000s, The Wedding (2003)

Marriage

“So many people these days, it seemed, believed that these things (personal fulfillment and self-esteem) could come only from work, not from parenting, and many people believed that having children had nothing to do with raising them.”

Nicholas Sparks

Taylor McAden, Chapter 18, p. 200
2000s, The Rescue (2000)

Children , People , Parent , Personality

“…once she becomes a teenager…well, sometimes there's nothing you can do. With or without you, in the end, children grow up to become the people they were meant to be.”

Nicholas Sparks

Lexie Darnell, Chapter 16, p. 196-197
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Children , People

“You have to understand that I'm not the girl I used to be. I'm a wife and a mother now, and like everyone else I'm not perfect. I struggle with the choices I've made and I make mistakes, and half the time I wonder who I really am or what I'm doing or whether my life means anything at all. I'm not special at all, Dawson, and you need to know that. You have to understand that I'm just…ordinary.”

Nicholas Sparks

Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 11, p. 171
2009, The Best of Me (2011)

Life , Girl , Understanding , Time

“Even now, not a day goes by when I don't wish I could turn back the clock and change what happened.”

Nicholas Sparks

Denise Holton, Chapter 15, p. 166
2000s, The Rescue (2000)

Change

“"… good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."
"Because they're passionate about their subjects."”

Nicholas Sparks

Savannah Lynn Curtis and John Tyree, Chapter 4, p. 69-70
2000s, Dear John (2006)

Learning , Teachers , Passion

“It went without saying that he felt guilty about what had happened, but married friends had assured him that guilt was the cornerstone of any good marriage. It meant that a conscience was at work, values were held in high esteem, and reasons to feel guilty were best avoided whenever possible.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Proloque, p. 2
2000s, The Choice (2007)

Marriage , Feeling

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

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Chapter 1, p. 12
2000s, The Choice (2007)