Nicholas Sparks quotes - page 2

I think 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. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. It's perfectly normal. (Nicholas Sparks)
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. View quote
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Without suffering, there'd be no compassion. View quote
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Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself. View quote
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I'd learned that some things are best kept secret. View quote
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I dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith. View quote
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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. View quote
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What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. View quote
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Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future. View quote
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And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just let me be. I don't know how you knew, but you did, and you made it easier for me. View quote
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But love, I've come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day. (Nicholas Sparks)
...I said everything that matters... Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you. View quote
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Our lives can't be measured by our final years, of this I am sure. View quote
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I guess what I'm trying to say is that you two make me believe that true love really exists. And that even the darkest hours can't take that away. View quote
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As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist. View quote
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At times, he even admitted that he'd been more an observer of the world than a participant in it... View quote
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You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't. View quote
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I'm not sure anyone's life turns out exactly the way they imagine. All we can do is to try to make the best of it. Even when it seems impossible. View quote
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You're a wonderful person, Jamie. You're beautiful, you're kind, you're gentle...you're everything that I'd like to be. If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem. View quote
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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. View quote
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Maybe I don't want to be defined by what I do. Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am. (Nicholas Sparks)
I'm sorry, I guess my company leaves a lot to be desired. View quote
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She squeezed my hand, and I drew a shaky breath, marveling at the fact that while on an ordinary leave in an ordinary place, I'd somehow fallen in love with an extraordinary girl named Savannaah Lynn Curtis. View quote
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And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms. View quote
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You have to promise you won't fall in love with me. View quote
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