Nicholas Sparks Quotes (646 quotes, page 9)

Tim Wheddon, Chapter 20, p. 265
Variant: ... I learned that it's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief... lessens. It may not ever go away completely, but after a while it's not overwhelming.
Source: 2000s, Dear John (2006)

“Don't let fear govern your decision.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Guardian

Source: The Guardian

“Just when you think it can't get worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it will. But as long as you remember that he loves you and you love him you'll be just fine.”

Nicholas Sparks book At First Sight

Source: At First Sight

“In her eyes and in her touch I felt the echoes of my words.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride

“Based on her experience with men, most assumed that when you talked to them about a problem or dilemma, they were expected to offer an opinion, even when all you wants was for them to listen.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

“Perfect love did that to a person, and this had been perfect.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

“Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“It was just a normal day, a day like any other. But most of all it was a day in which everything was exactly the way it should be.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Choice

Source: The Choice

“Doesn't surprise me," Nana snorted. "I wouldn't put anything past your late husband."
"He's not dead, Nana."
Nana sighed. "Hope springs eternal.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

Source: The Lucky One

“Life doesn't often turn out the way we think it will, does it?”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“memories are funny things. Sometimes they’re real, but other times they change into what we want them to be”

Nicholas Sparks book The Best of Me

Source: The Best of Me

“One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.”

Nicholas Sparks book Message in a Bottle

Source: Message in a Bottle

“Had she been in town, the two of them would have spent most of the day together, and she didn't want that. Then again, deep down, it was exactly what she wanted, leaving her more confused that she'd been in years.”

Nicholas Sparks book True Believer

Source: True Believer

“I'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

“I love you, Katie. You might not be ready to say those words now, and maybe you'll never be able to say them, but that doesn't change how I feel about you.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Wedding

Wilson Lewis, Epilogue, p. 262-263
Variant: But most of all, I learned that it’s possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there’s been a lifetime of disappointment between them.
Source: 2000s, The Wedding (2003)
Context: The events of the past year have taught me much about myself, and a few universal truths. I learned, for instance, that while wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them. Yet the process of healing those wounds provided the richest experience of my life, leading me to believe that while I've often overestimated what I could accomplish in a day, I had underestimated what I could do in a year. But most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them.

“He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.”

Nicholas Sparks book Safe Haven

Source: Safe Haven

“Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. - John Tyree”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Variant: In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.
Source: Dear John

“A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“What I do know is that when I was sitting with you that night, I felt like God was telling me that I was doing the right thing.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Longest Ride

Source: The Longest Ride