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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

“People plan, God laughs.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

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

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

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

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“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”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

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

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

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

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Jo, Chapter 7, p. 66-67
Source: 2009, Safe Haven (2010)

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

Nicholas Sparks book True Believer

Source: True Believer

“Love can sometimes achieve the impossible”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

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

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

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

Nicholas Sparks book At First Sight

Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 7, p. 105
Variant: Do trust have to be earned? Or is it simple a matter of faith?
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Wedding

Source: The Wedding

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

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Variant: You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.
Source: A Walk to Remember

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Wedding

Source: The Wedding

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

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

Nicholas Sparks

“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”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

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

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“The key to happiness was achievable dreams.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

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

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

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

Nicholas Sparks

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Source: The Choice

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

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Travis Parker, Chapter 16, p. 203
Variant: Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.
Source: 2000s, The Choice (2007)

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

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

Nicholas Sparks

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

“You have the Best Of Me….”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Variant: I gave you the best of me.
Source: The Best of Me

“Why did you come here?
To find you.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Ira Levinson speaking about his father, Chapter 1 Ira, p. 2
Variant: we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life
Source: 2009, The Longest Ride (2013)

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Source: The Choice

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

Nicholas Sparks book The Guardian

Variant: The world is a better place when you smile
Source: The Guardian

“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.”

Nicholas Sparks

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

Nicholas Sparks