Nicholas Sparks citations

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“I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone.”

“in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well.”

“If it makes you feel better, I promise to forget.”

“How about we just see where life takes us for awhile?”

“That’s the thing about life, he knew. There was always a but.”

“In other words, our opinions and our thoughts and feelings, anything we experience, need not define us forever.”

“and then you stopped. And looked at me. And I knew then exactly what was going to happen. You kissed me, yes. But it was not just goodnight. Even then, I could feel the promise in it. The promise that you would kiss me just like that, forever.”

“Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.”

“Oh, Garrett, who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her?”

“It was inevitable for people to try to create a sense of normalcy in a place where nothing was normal. It helped one get through the day, to add predictability to a life that was inherently unpredictable.”

“Everyone has crap in their background, everyone has things they wish they could undo. But most people don't go around doing their best to screw up their present lives because of it.”

“The search for God's presence was much of a mystery as God himself, and what was God if not a mystery?”

“Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.”

“Nothing about this entire scenario made sense. But who cares? Once in a while, everyone was entitled to be a bit flaky, and now it was his turn.”

“For them, it was nothing but an ordinary day on an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend, but for her, there was something revelatory about the notion that wonderful moments like these existed.”

“Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.”

“Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.”

“Do not judge the way i show my feelings. It's weird, it's different, but it's true.”

“How can I describe how much I love you?
Is it even possible to describe a love like that? I don’t know, but as I
sit here with pen in hand, I know that I have to try.”

“See, that was the problem in relationships when emotion began muddying the waters. It was as if (Lexie) expected him to do or say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, whatever that was.”

“I think you can do whatever you want. In the end, we all live the life we choose for ourselves.”

“And in your smile, I will live forever”

“Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish, cold…. the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again”

“I love you, Elizabeth… and more than that, I like you. I enjoy spending time with you.”

“People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other”

“How's it hangin' Harry?
I keep trying to die, but they won't let me.
Well, you can't have everything.”

“Why did you say you believed me?"
In profile, he could see both the young woman she was becoming and the little girl he remembered.
"Because I trust you.”

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

“I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless him.”