Nicholas Sparks Quotes

I love you,too, Garrett. But sometimes love isn't enough.

Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?

I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.

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

As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he'd been, and she loved the man she knew he could be.

I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven.

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

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.

There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.

Mom says it's because she has PMS. Do you even know what that means? "I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write.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.

I think... that when it comes to us, anything is possible.

Makes sense to me. Sometimes starting over is exactly what a person needs. And I think it's admirable. A lot of people don't have the courage it takes to do something like that.

Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it to the earnestness of others.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

I'll be anything you want, just tell me what you want and I'll be that.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever

At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it.

I found that as I flipped the days on the calendar, the worries I had about our relationship had began to diminish.

After all, if there is a heaven, we will find each other again, for there is no heaven without you.

I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone.

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.

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.

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

Me. A bad boy. For eating boiled peanuts in the graveyard. Go figure.

If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.

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

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.

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

In the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house.

I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can be.

You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.

When a person sets a thing in motion, there's a feeling of unease, almost regret, until you learn the truth.

Poets knew that isolation in nature, far from people and things man-made, was good for the soul, and he'd always identified with poets.

What good is talking if neither of you are really committed? If one of you had an affair or got addicted to drugs or was abusive, simply talking about it wouldn;t take the hurt away; or fix the trust that's been lost. In the end, marriage comes down to actions. I think people talk too much about the things that bother them, instead of actually doing the little things that keep a marriage strong.

So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.

That's another reason I keep putting marriage off. I know I want something like what you two share, and I'm not sure I've found it yet. I'm not sure I ever will. And with love like that...they say anything's possible, right?

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

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.

If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.

But because they didn't see each other very often, their relationship had more ups and downs than either of them had experienced before. Since everything felt right when they were together, everything felt wrong when they weren't.

I gave you the best of me.

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

Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him.