Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

Why did you come here? To find you.

Halfway down the aisle, Jamie suddenly seemed to tire, and they stopped while she caught her breath...It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember.

The next time you're mad at me, talk to me,' he said. 'Don't shut me out. I don't like playing games. And by the way, I had a great time, too.

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

He always apologized, and sometimes he would even cry because of the bruises he'd made on her arms or legs or her back. He would say that he hated what he'd done, but in the next breath tell her she'd deserved it. That if she'd been more careful, it wouldn't have happened. That if she'd been paying attention or hadn't been so stupid, he wouldn't have lost his temper.

I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the pit like the rest. Hear my voice raised in petition as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, my Lord, toward your holy of holies.

Miracles do happen.

You have the Best Of Me....

His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.

i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.

That's the difference between family and friends. Family is always there, no matter what, even when it's not right next door. Which means that you'll find a way to keep the connection alive. Especially since you realize how important it is.

Believe it or not, that was the first time I recognized that in some ways she was just like the rest of us.

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.

You don't know how strong something is until you actually test it.

He'd lived long enough to know that everyone handled grief in different ways, and little by little, they all seemed to accept their new lives.

I gave you the best of me.

Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.

You might not believe it...but you make the world a better place when you smile.

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

The only thing I do know for sure is that if we both want to, we'll find a way to make it work.

Yet experience has taught me that fate is sometimes cruel and that even a boatload of hope is sometimes not enough.

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.

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

If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?