Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.

A joy as intense as pain

It took turns that people couldn't foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.

You need to learn patience, you grasshopper

When I sleep, I dream of you, and when I wake, I long to hold you in my arms.If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.

I know. You could never hid anything. Your eyes always gave you away. You had the most wonderful eyes I'd ever seen. She lifted her head from his shoulder and looked discretely at him. When she spoke, her voice was barely above a whisper. I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone.

There's nothing you can tell me that will change how I feel about you. Nothing. Because that isn't you. It's never been you. You're the woman I've come to know. The woman I love.

I want you to be.... happy.

Maybe I'd like to be defined by what I am.

How about we talk about your love life instead? Why? Are you in the mood to be depressed?

Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

Its funny but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? Its like they think it won't ever change.

I never know what to tell them. I mean, there's nothing you can say to make a person stop hurting. Half the time, I just feel like telling them the truth. I'd say that for 3 months, you're going to feel worse than you've ever felt and you cope as best you can. And that after 6 months, the pain isn't so bad, but it still hurts more than you think it will. And even after years, you still find yourself thinking about the person you lost and get sad about it. And you still miss them all the time.

He received a phone call, And memories of the past rose anew.

I've come to understand that arguing with [my wife] about it has never solved anything. So instead of denying it, I've learned to take her hands, look her in the eyes, and respond with those three magic words every woman wants to hear: You're right, sweetheart.

People hide the truth because they're afraid.

Nana glanced at Ben. I think your mom has catepillars in her ears. She keeps repeating everything I say like she can't hear me.

you aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again. He hesitated, searching for the right words. You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice

Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person, how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along.

And I had no regrets about the way I turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not about the destination.

To me, he was saying that our reality is shaped by our perceptions. That something is good or bad only because we- you and I- believe it to be so, based on our own experiences.

questions that had begun to creep into her thoughts whenever they we're together. When would he be ready? Would he ever be ready? And of course, why he wasn't ready?