Nicholas Sparks Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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've come to understand that arguing with her about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned to take her hands, look her in the eyes, and respond with those three magic words that every woman wants to hear:
"You're right, sweetheart."

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You have to understand that I'm not the girl I used to be. I'm a wife and a mother now, and like everyone else I'm not perfect. I struggle with the choices I've made and I make mistakes, and half the time I wonder who I really am or what I'm doing or whether my life means anything at all. I'm not special at all, Dawson, and you need to know that. You have to understand that I'm just... ordinary.

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She'd always believed that people come in two varieties: those who look out the windshield and those who stare in the rearview mirror. She'd always been the windshield type: Gotta focus on the future, not the past, because that's the only part that's still up for grabs.

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

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It was the way you looked at me while I looked at the art that changed me. It is you, in other words, who changed.

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Because in the end, and no matter how hard it is, acceptance helps people move on with the rest of their lives.

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Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

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"No," his father replied, "you ran for you. I just hope you're running toward something, not away from something."

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You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

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Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?

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More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells.

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All he knew was that they fit somehow, and that he felt as if he spent most of his life traveling a path that led inexorably to her.

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