Nicholas Sparks - Matter Quotes

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"What's your horse's name?"
"Horse."
"Sophia waited for the joke, but it didn't come. "You call your horse 'Horse'?"
"He doesn't mind."
"You should give him a noble name. Like Prince or Chief or something."
"It might confuse him now."
"Trust me. Anything is better than Horse. It's like naming a dog Dog."
"I have a dog named Dog. Australian Cattle Dog." He turned, his expression utterly matter-of-fact. "Great herder."
"And your mom didn't complain?"
"My mom named him."

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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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Men are like that sometimes - if they meet someone and fall in love, it's real, no matter how fast it happened. But if someone falls for a woman they happen to care about, all they do is question the man's intentions.

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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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You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

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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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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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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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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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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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... 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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That's the difference between family and friends. Family is always there, no matter what, even when it's not right next door. Which means that you'll find a way to keep the connection alive. Especially since you realize how important it is.

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You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're 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.

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She wasn't, nor ever had been, under the illusion that marriage was a relationship characterized by endless bliss and romance. Throw any two people together, add the inevitable ups and downs, give the mixture a vigorous stir, and a few stormy arguments were inevitable, no matter how the couple loved each other.

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Long-term relationships—the ones that matter—are all about weathering the peaks and valleys.

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... I learned that it's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief... lessens. It may not ever go away completely, but after a while it's not overwhelming.

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... I said everything that matters... Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.

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Commitment, I finally said. Both people have to be committed. I think if two people are committed to the marriage, if they really want to make it work, then they'll find a way to do it. No matter what happens in life.

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My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

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But no matter what was going on in our lives, I could imagine lying beside her in bed at the end of the day, holding her while we talked and laughed, lost in each other's arms

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My point is simply that kids turn out okay as long as the parents are involved, no matter where they live. It's not like small towns have a monopoly on values. I mean, I'm sure if I did some digging, I'd find lots of kids that were in trouble here, too. Kids are kids, no matter where they live.

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He wanted to hear her concerns and alleviate them, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and convince her that he would find a way to make their relationship work, no matter how hard that might be. He wanted to to make her hear his words: that he couldn't imagine a lofe without her, that his feelings for her were real. But most of all, he wanted to reassure himself that she felt the same way about him.

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Does trust have to be earned? Or is it simply a matter of faith?

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