Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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... I finally understood what true love really meant.... that love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

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Two cannibals were eating a comedian, and one of them turns to the other and asks, 'Does this taste funny to you?

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For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook the thought away. I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination. Because however it had happened, I'd somehow ended up eating shrimp in a dingy downtown shack with a girl that I already knew I'd never forget.

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You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.

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Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.

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Outside the hospital, I squinted in the harsh morning sunlight. I could hear birds chirping in the tree, but even though I searched for them, they remained hidden from me.

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His wartime experience had taught him to trust his instincts, even though he'd never been sure where they'd come from.

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Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's beautiful. But... why? I mean, what's the occasion?" "No occasion. I just saw it and, well... I liked it. Or rather, I thought of you and knew you should have it.

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And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.

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I'm not sure anyone's life turns out exactly the way they imagine. All we can do is to try to make the best of it. Even when it seems impossible.

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Wait. Let me guess. You're giving me the cold shoulder, right? With that, she sighed. Shouldn't you be with your friends, staring at yourselves in the mirror? He laughed. That's funny. I'll have to remember that. I'm not being funny. I'm being serious. Oh, because we're so good-looking

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The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

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Finally getting control of myself, I kissed her again, then brought my hand to her face, gently running my fingers over her cheek. I marveled at the softness of her skin, the gentleness I saw in her eyes. Even now she was perfect.

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He put his arms around her. Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it? She sighed. I suppose. You suppose? What do you want? A medal? For starters. A trophy would be nice, too. She smiled. What do you think you're holding right now?

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He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her.

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Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

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It's the same thing. Passion is passion. It's the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn't matter where it's directed.

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... people always said that parenting and worrying were synonymous...

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I've been burdened by questions I've asked myself a thousand times since the last time we were together. Why did I do it? And would I do it again? It was I, you see, who ended it.

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That he would love her no matter what she told him, and that he was the kind of man who loved her already and would love her forever.

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... even then I knew that I was fortunate. Because you were the first guy who wasn't constantly trying to impress me. You accepted who you were, but more than that, you accepted me for me.

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I'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.

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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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... 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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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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