Nicholas Sparks Quotes
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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.
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And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.
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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.
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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.
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Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
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Noah Calhoun watched the fading sun sink lower from the wrap around porch of his plantation-style home.He liked to sit here in the evenings, especially after working hard all day.
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Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
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There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
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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.
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Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.
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That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.
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Most people lived their lives like criminals: act first, worry about the consequences later.
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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.
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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.
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It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.
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How can I tell them that I love them if I'm no longer there?
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I think of you, I dream of you, I conjure you up when I need you most. This is all I can do, but to me it isn't enough. It will never be enough, this I know; yet what else is there for me to do? If you were here, you would tell me, but I have been cheated of even that. You always knew the proper words to ease the pain I felt. You always knew how to make me feel good inside.
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You should not complain, it's not attractive.
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I've come to understand that arguing with my wife about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned to take her hands, look her in the eyes, and respond with those three magic words every woman wants to hear: "You're right, sweetheart.
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Making love, she'd always believed, was more than simply a pleasurable act between two people. It encompassed all that a couple was supposed to share: trust & commitement, hopes & dreams, a promise to make it through whatever the future might bring. The greater the love; the greater the tragedy when it is over.
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Until you came along, I never knew how much I’d been missing. I never knew that a touch could be so meaningful or an expression so eloquent; I never knew that a kiss could literally take my breath awa.
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But most of all, I learned that it’s possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there’s been a lifetime of disappointment between them.
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That's what dating is for, after all - to learn if you're compatible with someone.
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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.