Nicholas Sparks: Thing (page 4)

“Tough toenails, tiger. What you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”

Nicholas Sparks

Source: Three Weeks With My Brother

“When a person sets a thing in motion, there's a feeling of unease, almost regret, until you learn the truth.”

Nicholas Sparks book Dear John

Source: Dear John

Truth , Feeling , Learning , Personality

“Your going to come across people in your life that say all the right things at the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. it's actions, not words, that matter.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Rescue

Variant: You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.
Source: The Rescue

Life , People , Time

“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

Memory , Change , Time

“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

Life , Learning , Chance

“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

“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

God , Night

“But this is okay. I smile slightly, looking toward
the sky, knowing
there's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe,
by the way, that
miracles can happen.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

Smile , Way

“Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Notebook

Source: The Notebook

People , Understanding , Learning , Time

“In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Last Song

Source: The Last Song

Help

“…he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes were made, regrets form, and all the was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Proloque, p. 3
2000s, The Choice (2007)

People , Law , Nature , Change

“The past was gone, after all, and the future was the only thing they had left.”

Nicholas Sparks

Amanda Collier Ridley, Chapter 12, p. 180
2009, The Best of Me (2011)

Past , Future

“I'm of the opinion that anyone--even strangers--can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing. … But when that didn't work, I offered to pay them.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy Marsh, Chapter 14, p. 218
2000s, True Believer (2005)

People , Sense

“Well, then I'd say it takes two to tango. My guess is that both of you are right and both of you are wrong. That's the way most arguments go, anyway. People are who they are and no one is perfect, but marriage is about becoming a team. You're going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you'll alway figure out a way to get through it.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jeremy's father, Chapter 11, p. 148
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Love , Life , Marriage , People

“…he realized that the same thing that made women initially attractive to him--their need to be taken care of--was the very thing that eventually signaled he end of the relationship. How did that old saying go? If you've been divorced once, you might be right in thinking your ex was the problem. If you've been divorced three times? Well, folks, the problem is most definitely you. Granted, he hadn't been divorced, but the point was well taken.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Chapter 12, p. 144-145
2000s, The Choice (2007)

Women , Problem , Thinking , Time

“…feeling her helplessness. There was nothing worse. Most people lived under the illusion that they were in control of their lives, but that wasn't completely true. Yeah, you could decide what to have for breakfast and what to wear and all those little things, but as soon as you stepped out into the world, you were pretty much at the mercy of everyone else around you, and all you could do was hope that if they were having a bad day, they wouldn't decide to take it out on you.”

Nicholas Sparks

Jennifer Romanello, Chapter 30, p. 323
2000s, The Guardian (2003)

People , World , Hope , Feeling

“So many people these days, it seemed, believed that these things (personal fulfillment and self-esteem) could come only from work, not from parenting, and many people believed that having children had nothing to do with raising them.”

Nicholas Sparks

Taylor McAden, Chapter 18, p. 200
2000s, The Rescue (2000)

Children , People , Parent , Personality

“…having children changes your life like nothing else. It'll be the hardest and best thing you've ever done.”

Nicholas Sparks

Doris, Chapter 19, p. 247
2000s, At First Sight (2005)

Life , Children , Change

“Thinking back, he recalled events he wished he could change, tears he wished had never been shed, time that could have been better spent, and frustrations he should have shrugged off. Life, it seemed, was full of regret, and he yearned to turn back the clock so he could live parts of his live over again. One thing was certain: He should have been a better husband.”

Nicholas Sparks

Travis Parker, Chapter 15, p. 192
2000s, The Choice (2007)

Life , Thinking , Tear , Change

“But trust me when I say that memories are funny things. Sometimes they're real, but other times they change into what we want them to be… But like I said, she's hurting, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that people in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should… And if it somehow doesn't work out between you, then you've got to understand that you can't look back anymore. It'll destroy you in the end, and destroy her as well. Neither one of you can keep living with regret, because it drains the life right out of you, and the very idea is enough to break my heart.”

Nicholas Sparks

Tuck Hostetler, Chapter 15, p. 218-219
2009, The Best of Me (2011)

Life , Pain , People , Idea