Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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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.

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People will tell you most of the story… and I've learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they're afraid.

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I truly believe that while love can hurt, love can also heal…

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And all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her

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I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me growing up, and when they did happen, they often struck me as lifeless, something he did because he felt he was supposed to, not because he wanted to.

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One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.

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As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.

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Life, he realized, was much like a song.
In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

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Henry nodded, thinking, 'If you were any more whipped, little brother, they'd serve you on ice cream.

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Because it protects you. And when I jumped from the Humvee, I believed it would save me, too, in the same way you believe it will always save you. No, I don't, Thibault began. Then why, my friend, do you still carry it with you?

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I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.

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What problems?" "Well for starters.. you're an evil duck killer.

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I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.

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She was sleeping in a quiet bedroom beside her brother, separated only by glass and sand from the young man she loved, a young man who loved her back

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Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

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Life passes by now like the scenery outside a car window. I breathe and eat and sleep as I always did, but there seems to be no great purpose in my life that requires active participation on my part...I do not know where I am going or when I will get there.

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It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.

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... when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.

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If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.

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Even now, not a day goes by when I don't wish I could turn back the clock and change what happened.

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"... the secret of a long lasting marriage is...... communication. When we talk about issues and really open up to each other, things are great between us. When we keep things to ourselves, grudges and resentments build up and we end up arguing."
..."What good is talking if neither of you are really committed?... marriage comes down to actions. I think people talk too much about the things that bother them, instead of actually doing the little things that keep a marriage strong. You have to know what your spouse needs from you, and then you do it. And you avoid doing the things that harm the relationship. If your spouse acts the same way, your marriage can make it through anything."

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... there is the fact that having a child transforms the basic marriage relationship. No longer are you simply husband and wife, you are mother and father as well, and all spontaneity vanishes immediately.

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Love doesn't mean anything if you're 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.

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It takes a long time to grow an old friend. Trust is built one single moment at a time.

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Why? Do you want to rescue me, too, Taylor? … That's what you're trying to do, isn't it? … I appreciate what you're trying to do, but it's not what I need right now. I need to handle this my own way.

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These days, it seemed that the only thing he was certain about was the knowledge that he wouldn't trade his years with Gabby for anything. Without her, his life had little meaning. He was a small-town husband with a small-town occupation and his cares were no different from anyone else's. He'd been neither a leader nor a follower, nor had he been someone who would be remembered long after he passed away. He was the most ordinary of men with only one exception: He'd fallen in love with a woman named Gabby, his love deepening in the years they'd been married. But fate had conspired to ruin all that, and now he spent long periods of his days wondering whether it was humanly possible to fix things between them.

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... she was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

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He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.

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I may be older and wiser, I may have lived another life since then, but I know that when my time eventually comes, the memories of that day will be the final images that float through my mind. I still love her, you see, and I‟ve never removed my ring. In all these years I‟ve never felt the desire to do so.

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Because it was then, as he held her in his unwavering gaze, that she knew she was in love with him as well.

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