Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

My daddy used to tell me 'the first time you fall in love it changes your life forever, and no matter how hard you try, the feelin' never goes away. This girl you been tellin' me about was your first love. And no matter what you do, she'll stay with you forever.

It was funny that you know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.

I knew my father had done the best he could, and I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about journey, maybe, but not the destination.

But if it couldn't be love and it didn't feel like lust, what was it? Like? Did he like her? Of course, he did, but that word didn't capture his feelings, either. It was a little too... vague and soft around the edges. People liked ice cream. People liked to watch television. It meant nothing, and it didn't come close to explaining why, for the first time, he felt the urge to tell someone the truth...

People in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should

The world is a better place when you smile

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?

If it's over, then don't let the past screw up the rest of your life.

I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.

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.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

When I told you that I'd pray for you, what did you think I was talking about?

Where do I go from here?

She wondered when her daughter would realise that for the most part, people weren't that different. Young and old, male or female, pretty much everyone she knew wanted the same things: The wanted to feel peace in their hearts, they wanted a life without turmoil, they wanted to be happy. The difference, she thought, was that most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future. While most older people believed that they lay in the past.

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

Men like women who know how to be subtle.

This is my story; I promise to leave nothing out. First you will smile, and then you will cry - don't say you haven't been warned.

Good and bad, strengths and faults, he was hers forever.

It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen

And that leaves me with the belief that miracles, no matter how inexplicable or unbelievable, are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things.

There was no pretention here, no hidden meanings in the phrases they spoke, no elaborate plans designed to impress the other. Though it had always been easy to spend time with Mike, she suddenly realized that in the whirlwind of the past couple of weeks, she'd almost forgot how much she enjoyed it.

How about we just see where life takes us for awhile?

Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.