Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

She smiled. I need your opinion, she said. What do you think about something sleeveless for this weekend? With a cinched waist and a medium train? I brought my hand to my chin and considered this. Sounds okay, I said. But I think I'd look better in a tuxedo.

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

there are people who added goodness to the world and people who lived to destroy it.

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22

Because it protects you. And when I jumped from the Humvee, I believed it would save me, too, in the same way you believe it will always save you." "No, I don't," Thibault began. "Then why, my friend, do you still carry it with you?

I suspect that most people harbor a lingering sense of What if I'd followed my heart?

Because I thought it was good enough. And I hoped I could change. That over time, maybe I would come to feel the same way about him as I did about you. But I didn't, and as the years went on, I think he came to see that, too. And it hurt him, and I knew it hurt him, but the harder he tried to show me how important I was to him, the more suffocated I felt. And I resented that. I resented him...

No matter where you are in the world, the moon is never bigger than your thumb.

Because counseling isn't about changing someone else. It's about trying to change yourself.

I understand, Ira.

I think I loved you more that summer than I ever loved anyone.

All I know is that I feel in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.

And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.

It's love- it's as simple as that. It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen.

That's the first time you said my name...and I like it

He drew a deep breath, struggling to keep his emotions in check, knowing he didn't love her simply in the here and now but that he would never stop loving her.

It went on, this lifetime in a box, one letter after another.

Her hands are warm and soft. Hands I knew better then my own.

Now, she could't help but think he was just a big version of a jealous boy friend.

And here it will end, one way or the other, she whispered again

You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.

Love requires sacrifice, but it's worth it

He took a few steps before responding. You are special, he finally said, and the way e said it made her wonder if he wanted to add something else.

She accepted things because there was nothing else to compare them too.