Quotes by Nicholas Sparks

She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people werent that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much everyone she knew wanted the same things: The wanted to feel peace in their hearts, they wanted a life without turmoil, they wanted to be happy. The difference, she thought, was that most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future. While most older people believed that they lay in the past.

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

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 youre certain that no matter what happens, there will never be another one like him.

Ive never been afraid of them. Not once. Because I had you.

Three weeks ago, he’d seen hail fall from the sky, onlyto be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it’s important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion.

Frugality, Ive learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.

Every great love starts with a great story...

In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one Ill carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me, I began. Meeting you has been the best thing thats ever happened to me. I hesitated, know that if I stopped now, Id never be able to say it to anyone. I love you, I whispered. Did you ever imagine something like this? she wondered aloud. You and me , I mean? No, I said. It scares me a little. My stomach flipped, and all at once, I was sure she didnt feel the same way. You dont have to say it back to me, I began. Thats not why I said it-- I know, she interrupted. You dont understand. I wasnt scared because you told me. I got scared because I wanted to say it, too: I love you, John.

Believe me, Im no romantic, and while Ive heard all about love at first sight, Ive never believed in it, and I still dont. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldnt look away.

As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didnt exist.

If you love Alex now, then love him forever. Make him laugh again, and cherish the time you spend together. Take walks and ride your bikes, curl up on the couch and watch movies beneath a blanket. Make him breakfast, but dont spoil him. Let him make breakfast for you as well, so he can show you he thinks youre special. Kiss him and make love to him and consider yourself lucky for having met him, for hes the kind of man wholl prove you right.

I been watchin you, workin day and night, slavin so hard you barely have time to catch your breath. People do that for three reasons. Either they crazy, or stupid, or tryin to forget.

It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.

She leaned into me, and when I closed my eyes, I knew I wanted nothing more than to hold her this way forever.

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

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

Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow of a canoe? These werent the things that drove society, but she felt they shouldnt be treated as unimportant. They made living worthwhile.

I love you too, Will Blakelee, she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

See me just as I see you.