Nicholas Sparks Quotes

Life, he realize, 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.

All of sudden, this shooting star went by, and all I could think was that they were listening to us somehow.

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

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

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

Every great love starts with a great story.

I know what it's like to be day and night now; always together, forever apart.

if you put your trust in God, you’ll be all right in the end.

I think... that when it comes to us, anything is possible.

For nothing is more fulfilling than love itself

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if it's hard.

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?

How can I describe how much I love you? Is it even possible to describe a love like that? I don’t know, but as I sit here with pen in hand, I know that I have to try.

Love is the essence of a full and wonderful life.

If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.

“A living poem” had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.

I know we loved each other, but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it, I wanted to be certain that it would last

Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other .

There are things that happen that change the course of people's lives, but it's a function of everybody's lives.

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

I can say that I don't have a lot of leisure time, just sitting around doing absolutely nothing, but that's okay.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

What's your heart telling you to do? I don't know.' Maybe, you're trying too hard to hear it.

I steeled myself to focus only on the present yet remain alert to what might come next.

I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.

We’d met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise, in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.

He was the toast to her butter.

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

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

Noah Calhoun watched the fading sun sink lower from the wrap around porch of his plantation-style home.He liked to sit here in the evenings, especially after working hard all day.

He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.

I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

When you know that someone close to you is going to die, there's a natural tendency to want to spend as much time with them as you can.

Too far-fetched to believe, too obvious to ignore.

Do you ever sit back and wonder what it all means? Whether this is it or if there's something greater out there? Or if you were meant for something better?

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.

Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants. Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?

I lost you once, I think I can do it again.

There's no love like the first.

The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .

Trust me on this: no one is better off alone.