Quotes by Nicholas Sparks

Youre a hero and a gentleman, youre kind and honest, but more than that, youre the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it.

Thats why I loved being with you. We could do the simplest things, like toss starfish into the ocean and share a burger and talk and even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasnt constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me. And nothing else mattered-- not my family or your family or anyone else in the world. It was just us.

Love doesnt mean anything if youre not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

All of sudden, this shooting star went by, and all I could think was that they were listening to us somehow.

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...

He was the toast to her butter.

If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.

But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day.

I’m stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me.” I’m not hitting on you,” he protested.No?”Believe me, you’d know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.

Deep in her heart, she wasnt sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed...normal.

Their fingers seemed to fit together in just the right way- effortlessly clasped,like perfect complements.

Whats your heart telling you to do?I dont know.Maybe, youre trying too hard to hear it.

Every now and then, I’d meet a guy and think that we were getting along great, and suddenly I’d stop hearing from him. Not only did he stop calling, but if I happened to bump into him sometime later he always acted like I had the plague. I didn’t understand it. I still don’t. And it bothered me. It hurt me. With time, it got harder and harder to keep blaming the guys, and I eventually came to the conclusion that there was something wrong with me. That maybe I was simply meant to live my life alone.

I might kiss you.I might be bad at it.Thats not possible.

So, its not gonna be easy. Its gonna be really hard. Were gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. Will you do something for me, please? Just picture your life for me? Thirty years from now, forty years from now? Whats it look like? If its with him- go. Go! I lost you once, I think I can do it again, if I thought thats what you really wanted. But dont you take the easy way out.

Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she would fall in love with me again, just like she had a long time ago. And thats the most wonderful feeling in the world. How many people are ever given that chance? To have someone you love fall in love with you over and over?

Would you just stay with me?Stay with you? What for? Look at us! Were already fighting!Well thats what we do! We fight! You tell me when Im being an arrogant son of a bitch and I tell you when youre being a pain in the ass! Which you are, 99% of the time. Im not afraid to hurt your feelings, you have like a two-second rebound rate and youre back doing the next pain in the ass thing.So, what?So its not gonna be easy, its gonna be really hard. And were gonna have to work at this everyday, but I wanna do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever. You and me. Everyday.

I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again.