Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.

It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

I know that somehow, every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you.

He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending,wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.

You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it.

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.

There's no love like the first.

In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.

If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about 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.

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.

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

You have to promise you won't fall in love with me.

All of sudden, this shooting star went by, and all I could think was that they were listening to us somehow.

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?

Too far-fetched to believe, too obvious to ignore.

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends, He longs to hear what's been happening in your life. Good or bad, whether it's been full of sorrow or anger, or even when you're questioning why terrible things have to happen.

I'm stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me." I'm not hitting on you," he protested. No?" Believe me, you'd know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms.

I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.

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.

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.