Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.

Until you came along, I never knew how much I'd been missing. I never knew that a touch could be so meaningful or an expression so eloquent; I never knew that a kiss could literally take my breath awa

She had known the kind of love that was worth risking everything for, the kind of love that was as rare as a glimpse of heaven.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart. Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.

The way he spoke about Catherine made Theresa hurt for him more than she would have imagined. It wasn't just his voice, but the look on his face before he described her - as if torn between the beauty of his memories and the pain of remembering.

For some reason, it didn't feel right. Victor's words seemed to confirm that. There was another reason that he'd come here. Falling in love with Elizabeth might have been part of it. But that wasn't all. Something else was coming. There is more.

My story can't be summed up in two or three sentences; it can't be packaged into something neat and simple that people would immediately understand.

Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you're a grown-up, you'll understand. Jonah: I don't want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.

marriage is about becoming a team. You're going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you'll always figure out a way to get through it

He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq. She felt her pulse pick up tempo, and she brought her face close to Ben's. Did you say Victor called it a lucky charm? Uh-huh. Ben nodded. That's what he said. Are you sure? Of course I'm sure. Beth stared at her son, feeling at war with herself.

We sit and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence.

I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.

One of my father's Rules for Life was to marry a woman who was smarter than you. "I did this," he would say to me, "and you should do it, too. I say, why do all the thinking?

People come, people go - they'll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favourite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventure.

The sky grew darker and the moon rose higher as the evening wore on. and without either or them being conscious of it, they began to regain the intimacy, the bond of familiarity, they had once shared.

It's about who walks into your life, says 'I'm here for you,' and then proves it.

But you're disappointed. He brushed a strand of hair from her face. It's not possible for you to disappoint me.

How do you explain something that you can't even understand yourself?

Honestly, of the two of us, I was the lucky one.

While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.

we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.

it was the us they created whenever they were together - that had made all of this both natural and inevitable. She couldn't help thinking that the story between them was somehow unfinished; that both of them were waiting to write the ending.

Why study or try to change the world on a Friday afternoon when you could be out enjoying the sun?

I sold the collection because I finally understood what true love really meant. Tim had told me-and shown me-that love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be. - John Tyree