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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

“And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Wedding

Wilson Lewis, Chapter 4, p. 63
Source: 2000s, The Wedding (2003)

“Too far-fetched to believe, too obvious to ignore.”

Nicholas Sparks

“If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all…”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“No matter where it is in the sky… No matter where you are in the world… the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

“I know, but no matter what I choose I have to live with it. Forever. I have to be able to go forward and not look back anymore. Can you understand that?”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.”

Nicholas Sparks

Source: Three Weeks With My Brother

“I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven. Every time the light shines through the window we built or any window at all, you'll know I'm right there with you, okay? That's going to be me. I'll be the light in the window.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

“Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are those in which the ending is a surprise.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Travis Parker, Proloque, p. 1
Source: 2000s, The Choice (2007)

“a person can get used to anything if given enough time”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.”

Nicholas Sparks book Nights in Rodanthe

Source: Nights in Rodanthe

“…I said everything that matters… Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Evelyn Collier, Chapter 15, p. 223
Source: 2009, The Best of Me (2011)

“I've been burdened by questions I've asked myself a thousand times since the last time we were together.
Why did I do it? And would I do it again?
It was I, you see, who ended it.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“I lost you once, I think I can do it again.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking
about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is! (Jamie Sullivan)”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together…”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

“Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“It was…the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make.
In every way, a walk to remember.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Landon Carter, Chapter 13, p. 237
Source: 1990s, A Walk to Remember (1999)

“I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed… normal.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. i will always be yours.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Jamie: You know what I figured out today?
Landon: What?
Jamie: Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends. Like you were sent to me because I'm sick. To help me through all this. You're my angel.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Variant: Maybe God has a bigger plan for me that i had for myself,
likes, this journey never ends,
likes, you were sent to me because I'm sick, to help me through all this,
you're my angel!
Source: A Walk to Remember

“I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other… I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

“It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“What's your heart telling you to do?
I don't know.'
Maybe, you're trying too hard to hear it.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul.
I'm dying, Landon.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Source: The Choice

“You should be kissed everyday, every hour, every minute.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

“Before we met, I was as lost as a person could be and yet you saw something in me that somehow gave me direction again.”

Nicholas Sparks book Nights in Rodanthe

Source: Nights in Rodanthe