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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

“Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they’re not being truthful, more often than not it’s because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.”

Mayor Gherkin, Chapter 8, p. 120
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Context: ... but what I eventually came to understand was that if a woman truly loves you, you can't always expect her to tell the truth. You see, women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think the truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.

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

“Change isn't always for the best.”

Variant: It's not such a bad thing. Change isn't always for the best.
Source: The Best of Me

“When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.”

Nicholas Sparks, Chapter 11, p. 187
2000s, Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)
Source: Three Weeks With My Brother

“I knew my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me.”

John Tyree, Chapter 16, p. 198
2000s, Dear John (2006)
Source: The Best of Me

“I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this”

Variant: I love you now for what we've already shared, and I love you now in anticipation of all that's to come.
Source: The Notebook

“It made perfect sense, and at the same time nothing seemed to.”

Variant: It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all.
Source: A Walk to Remember

“Everything around me makes me miss you.”

Source: Dear John

“If there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.”

PLEASE DONT BELIEVE IN PAGE NUMBER THEY ARE WRONG I TRIED TO FIND QUOTES BUT THEY ARE NOT TTHERE FUCK THIS SHIT, 2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

Source: 2009, The Longest Ride (2013), Ira Levinson, Chapter 28 Ira, p. 341

“Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them….”

Travis Parker, Chapter 8, p. 101
Source: 2000s, The Choice (2007)

“It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems.”

Source: Dear John

“Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.”

Dawson Cole, Chapter 11, p. 174
Source: 2009, The Best of Me (2011)

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

Katie, Chapter 29, p. 236
Variant: Maybe I’d like to
be defined by what I am.
Source: 2009, Safe Haven (2010)