Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

And maybe, just maybe, it will.

I'm going to miss you while you're gone.

I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

Spending time with Savannah made me wonder whether it was possible to defy the norm. I wanted more of her, and no matter what happened between us, I already knew I'd never forget anything about her. As crazy as it sounded, she was becoming part of me, and I was already dreading the fact that we wouldn't be able to spend the day together tomorrow. Or the day after, or the day after that. Maybe, I told myself, we could beat the odds.' - John

It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.

Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible.

I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then.

Like her father, he wasn't comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference.

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

I love you, you know.

Two weeks together, that's all it took, two weeks for me to fall in love with you. ?

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Love is the essence of a full and wonderful life.

Early on, he'd learned to enjoy simple things, things that couldn't be bought, and he had a hard time understanding people who felt otherwise.

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They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.

It can be coins or sports or politics or horses or music or faith... the saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.

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.

Jamie : I didn't want anybody to be weird around me.. Landon : Including me?. Jamie : Especially you! You know, I was getting along with everything fine. I accepted it, and then you happened!.

When I write to you, I feel your breath; when you read them, I imagine you feel mine. Is it that way with you too? These letters are part of us now, part of our history, a reminder forever that we made it through this time. Thank you for helping me survive this year, but more than that, thank you in advance for all the years to come.

Because I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all.

He still didn't think I was good enough for you. No father thinks any man is good enough for his daughter.

I love you too, Will Blakelee, she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.