Nicholas Sparks Quotes
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Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they’re not being truthful, more often than not it’s because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.
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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.
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Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.
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But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.
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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.
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You have a talent that comes from inside you, from your heart, not your fingers. What you have can’t ever go away. It’s what other people only dream about. You’re an artist.
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Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.
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How far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?
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And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.
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The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.
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After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.
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Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.
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I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.
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Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.
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Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
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It's hard for me to talk to her. All I can do when I look at her is think about the day when I won't be able to. So I spend all my time at school thinking about her, wishing I could see her right then, but when I get to her house, I don't know what to say.
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Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
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I held her close to me with my eyes closed, wonering if anything in my life had ever been this perfect and knowing at the same time that it hadn't. I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.
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Every great love starts with a great story.
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I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.
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Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
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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.
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Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's beautiful. But... why? I mean, what's the occasion?" "No occasion. I just saw it and, well... I liked it. Or rather, I thought of you and knew you should have it.
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Before we met, I was as lost as a person could be and yet you saw something in me that somehow gave me direction again.