Nicholas Sparks Quotes

Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.

People plan, God laughs.

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

In the end, you should always do the right thing, even if it's hard. I know that might not help you and that the right thing isn't always so easy to figure out.

Quote of the day: The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go... By: Nicholas Sparks

I wish we didn't live so far apart... You're kind of addicting.

I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.

and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family.

Do not judge the way i show my feelings. It's weird, it's different, but it's true.

It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.

I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.

In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were.

You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town

I hadn't done any of the things that I normally did with girls, yet somehow I'd fallen in love.

One day you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.

While wounds can be inflicted easily upon those we love, it's often much more difficult to heal them.

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.

When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . .

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

Don't let fear govern your decision.

and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her.

Women had a tendency to see what they wanted to see i men, at least in the beginning

It would be like describing colors to someone blind from birth: The words might be understood, but the concept would remain mysterious and private.

Why did you come here? To find you.

Did you ever realize you have more opinions about my life than your own life?

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

There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat.

It was one thing to divide the major assets, but how was it possible to divide the heart?

The stars were out in full, the crickets a little quieter. He had enjoyed talking to Allie and wondered what she'd thought about his life, hoping it would somehow make a difference, if it could.

He took a few steps before responding. "You are special," he finally said, and the way e said it made her wonder if he wanted to add something else.

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

Little girls. They could melt the toughest hearts.

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

Beauty might prevail in the very short term, but in the medium and longer terms, cultural norms - primarily those values and norms influenced by family - were more important.

I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then.

It took strength to hold on to inner passion, and Noah had done that.

Two weeks together, that’s all it took, two weeks for me to fall in love with you. ♥

Even if I thought he as perfect for her." She turned to face him. "What were we thinking?" "We weren't," he said. "We were in love.

It was easy to idealize someone you barely knew.

Real people had real agendas, real demands, real expectations about how other people should behave.

Thank you for trusting me.

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

Life doesn't often turn out the way we think it will, does it?

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

She turned the key, never taking her eyes from him.

Sometimes my grief is overwhelming, and even though I understand that we will never see each other again, there is a part of me that wants to hold on to you forever.

You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.

Now it was coming to an end, and it was like he was watching the last flicker of light wink out in the darkness of an endless tunnel.

I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.

Who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her?