Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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“It’s never too late to do the right thing.”

“The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.”

“What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered..”

“My first thoughts after waking are – and always have been – of you.”

“What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.”

“Remember me with joy, for this is how I always thought of you. That is what I want, more than anything. I want you to smile when you think of me. And in your smile, I will live forever”

“What problems?" "Well for starters.. you're an evil duck killer.”

“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.”

“That's what courage is. If she weren't scared, she wouldn't need courage in the first place.”

“the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible, attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species kicks in.”

“Love can sometimes achieve the impossible”

“It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.”

“Little girls. They could melt the toughest hearts.”

“Does trust have to be earned? Or is it simply a matter of faith?”

“Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.”

“Jamie: You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.
Landon: That's not a problem.”

“It was easy to idealize someone you barely knew.”

“Frequency of sex – Women sometimes wanted; men always needed.”

“I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life.”

“Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.”

“Everyone always noticed Ashley. She was like a flashing neon sign for anyone with an ounce of testosterone.”

“If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.”

“I know I'm not going to be able to change the world, but I think it's important to try to make a difference”

“If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.”

“Besides, every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive it.”

“if they were meant to be together they would find a way to do it.”

“The key to happiness was achievable dreams.”

“I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.”

“Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again.”

“That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned.”

“Consider yourself lucky for having met him, for he's the kind of man who'll prove you right.”

“Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.”

“I suddenly understood that even love and caring weren't always enough. They were the concrete bricks of our relationship, but unstable without the mortar of time spent together, time without the threat of imminent separation hanging over us.”

“It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.”

“What happens if a car comes?
We die.”

“Then you came along and helped me believe in myself again.”

“Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.”

“The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.”

“You have the Best Of Me….”

“Why did you come here?
To find you.”

“The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.”

“Don't think there are no second chances.

Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE…

It's called TOMORROW”

“His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.”

“It's a full moon here tonight, which makes me think of you. Because, I know that no matter what I am doing or where I am, this moon will always be the same size as yours, half a world away.”

“I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the pit like the rest. Hear my voice raised in petition as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, my Lord, toward your holy of holies.”

“He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.”

“You might not believe it… but you make the world a better place when you smile.”

“I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.”

“I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.”