Nicholas Sparks Quotes

She leaned into me, and when I closed my eyes, I knew I wanted nothing more than to hold her this way forever.

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

What happens if a car comes? We die.

He thought of her often, and he missed the companionship they'd once shared and the friendship that had been the bedrock of their marriage at its best.

It was a lesson that I would learn in time though it wasn't Hegbert who taught me.

It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.

It all comes down to who's by your side.

People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

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

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

It was inevitable, of course, but somehow it didn't seem right to Alex that they would never remember the sound of Carly's laughter, or know how deeply she'd once loved them.

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.

There's a lot of magic between you too, ain't no denying that. And magic makes forgettin' hard.

And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me.

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.

because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she knew it was growing angrier at every passing day.

It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen

For desert, maybe we can split a couple of crumbs.

Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?

God, he suddenly understood, was love in its purest form, and in these last months with his children, he had felt His touch as surely as he had heard the music spilling from Ronnie's hands.

That's good. And speaking of spelling, tell me -- do you wrap your head in a towel after you shower?

Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.

You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.

I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.

The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you get there that is! (Jamie Sullivan)

Allie noticed it all, every sound, every thought. Her senses had come alive, invigorating her, and she felt her mind drifting through the last few weeks.

As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?

Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.

The secret is to know how to lie" he used to say, " and to know when someone's lying to you". His father, Steve eventually decided, must have known how to lie.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice.

maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.

You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.

When I told you that I’d pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?

These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.

Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.

And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart

How can I tell them that I love them if I'm no longer there?

I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.

I can't live my life happily knowing you're with someone else. That would kill a part of me. What we have is rare. it's too beautiful to just throw it away.

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.

By making the place and the people and the feelings real, by the time someone closes the cover of one of my books, they have, hopefully, felt all of the emotions of life.