At First Sight is a romance novel by Nicholas Sparks, written in 2005. Set in North Carolina, United States, At First Sight is the sequel to Sparks’ previous book, True Believer, written in the same year. At First Sight was originally the result of a 45-page epilogue in True Believer. Sparks’s editor thought this was too long for an epilogue and damaged the effect of True Believer. It was then that Sparks got the idea to write At First Sight as its predecessor.
“Does trust have to be earned? Or is it simply a matter of faith?”
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)
“Sometimes the same emotion that breaks your heart is the very one that will heal it…”
Front jacket flap
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Doris, Chapter 12, p. 162
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Context: ... What's going on with you two, all this stress you're both under... that's called life. And life has a tendency to throw curveballs when you least expect them. Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that's the thing--you're a couple, and couples can't function without trust. You have to trust him, and he's got to trust you.
“I love you more than there are fishes in the sea and higher than the moon”
Variant: I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea.
Source: At First Sight
Mayor Gherkin, Chapter 8, p. 120
Source: 2000s, At First Sight (2005)
Context: ... but what I eventually came to understand was that if a woman truly loves you, you can't always expect her to tell the truth. You see, women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they're not being truthful, more often than not it's because they think the truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn't mean they don't love you.
