Nicholas Sparks citations

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“Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever.”

“It's strange, I think, the way our lives turn out. Moments of circumstance, when later combined with conscious decisions and actions and a boatload of hope, can eventually forge a future that seems predestined.”

“That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.”

“Where do I go from here?”

“Men like women who know how to be subtle.”

“If it's over--if it's really over--then don't let it screw up the rest of your life.”

“I think… that when it comes to us, anything is possible.”

“A moment later, he plopped down on the sand beside her, and when they accidentally touched, Gabby had the briefest flash of them sitting together just like this on a hundred different weekends in the future.”

“Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.”

“I want all of you, forever everyday. You and me everyday.”

“Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do YOU want?”

“Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.”

“Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.”

“There is nothing like love. You should try it.”

Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.”

“Finally getting control of myself, I kissed her again, then brought my hand to her face, gently running my fingers over her cheek. I marveled at the softness of her skin, the gentleness I saw in her eyes. Even now she was perfect.”

“You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.”

“I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.”

“Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing.”

“Sometimes there would be someone else out there, someone she didn't know, but when they saw each other each would nod, as if making a secret pact. No question, no small talk.. agreed”

“If Alex has chosen you, then I want you to believe that I have chosen you as well.”

“That’s a wonderful story.”

“He was a wonderful man. And when a man is that special, you know it sooner than you think possible. You recognize it instinctively, and you’re certain that no matter what happens, there will never be another one like him.”

“When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?”

“And that leaves me with the belief that miracles, no matter how inexplicable or unbelievable, are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things.”

“It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen”

“Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable…”

“but she realized that she wanted him to know her. She wanted him to understand her, if only because she had strange sense that he was the kind of man she could fall in love with, even if she didn't want to.”

“Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.”

“This is my story; I promise to leave nothing out.
First you will smile, and then you will cry - don't say you haven't been warned.”

“And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.”