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I don't write romance novels.
Nicholas Sparks
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It's strange, I think, the way our lives turn out. Moments of circumstance, when later combined with conscious decisions and actions and a boatload of hope, can eventually forge a future that seems predestined.
Nicholas Sparks
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Libraries are places that house our dreams, our fantasies, our thirst for adventure.
Nicholas Sparks
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If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem.
Nicholas Sparks
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Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous.Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.
Nicholas Sparks
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There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
Nicholas Sparks
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There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible.
Nicholas Sparks
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My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I tried to have them published as romances, they'd be rejected. I write dramatic fiction; a further sub-genre would classify them as love stories.
Nicholas Sparks
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Is it possible, I wonder, for a man to truly change? Or do character and habit form the immovable boundaries of our lives?
Nicholas Sparks
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Without music he felt aimless and adrift.
Nicholas Sparks
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You want to know what I was thinking?...I was thinking that I wished you'd been with me the last couple of days. I mean, I enjoyed getting to know everyone better. We ate lunch together, and the dinner last night was a lot of fun, but it just felt like something was wrong, like I was missing something. It wasn't until I saw you walking up the beach that I realized it was you.
Nicholas Sparks
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Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.
Nicholas Sparks
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Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person, how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along.
Nicholas Sparks
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And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.
Nicholas Sparks
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Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they're going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn't about surviving this, it's about understanding this.
Nicholas Sparks
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He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq." She felt her pulse pick up tempo, and she brought her face close to Ben's. "Did you say Victor called it a lucky charm?" "Uh-huh." Ben nodded. "That's what he said." "Are you sure?" "Of course I'm sure." Beth stared at her son, feeling at war with herself.
Nicholas Sparks
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How can I tell them that I love them if I'm no longer there?
Nicholas Sparks
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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.
Nicholas Sparks
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He put his arms around her. “Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?” She sighed. “I suppose.” “You suppose?” “What do you want? A medal?” “For starters. A trophy would be nice, too.” She smiled. “What do you think you're holding right now?
Nicholas Sparks
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As Logan walked towards her, he smiled as if reading her mind and opened his arms.
Nicholas Sparks
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People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.
Nicholas Sparks
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All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.
Nicholas Sparks
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The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.
Nicholas Sparks
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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.
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