Nicholas Sparks Quotes
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It was funny that you know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.
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If you come back; I'll marry you. If you break your promise, you'll break my heart.
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As the warm air blew in the car, simple snapshots of the life they'd lived together surfaced in his mind; but as always, those images led inexorably to their final day together.
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There were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives.
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I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
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I'm not saying it because I'm sweet. I'm saying it because I love you now and I always have. More than you can imagine.
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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.
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She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced my way, I couldn't help but feel guilty, even though I hadn't done anything wrong.
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If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
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In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next few years, I found myself looking for you, and when the feelings got too strong, I'd write you another letter. But I never sent them for fear of what I might find. By then, you'd gone on with your life and I didn't want to think about you loving someone else. I wanted to remember us like we were that summer. I didn't ever want to lose that.
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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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They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it
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In another place, in another time, she would have felt the majesty of the beauty around her, but as she stood on the beach, she realized that she didn't feel anything at all. In a way, she felt as if she weren't really here, as if the whole thing was nothing but a dream.
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You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.
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I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
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I've wanted to go out with you from the first moment I saw you. I just had to wait until you were ready.
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Dreams are always crushing when they don't come true. But it's the simple dreams that are often the most painful because they seem so personal, so reasonable, so attainable. You're always close enough to touch, but never quite close enough to hold and it's enough to break your heart.
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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.
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The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present. Yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable.
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I want characters to have voices that feel authentic, unique, honest, fresh and original - all at once. Part of that authenticity is evoking genuine emotion across life - the sadness, passion, love, sense of loss, missed opportunities, and confusion even. All of this helps us realize that our choices do impact the lives that we eventually lead.
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She turned to face him. She reached over and touched his hand, hesitantly, gently, amazed that after all these years had somehow known exactly what she'd needed to hear. When their eyes locked, she once again realized how special he was. And just for a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.
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You have the Best Of Me.
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She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.
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First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.