Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

Y además—prosiguió él–, no estoy seguro de que quiera ser tu amigo. —¿Por qué no? —Porque deseo algo más.

you can learn from your past but you can't change it

Kau tahu itu adalah cinta ketika yang kauinginkan hanyalah melewatkan waktumu bersama orang itu, dan entah bagaimana caranya kau tahu bahwa orang itu juga merasakan hal yang sama.

The more you own, the more it owns you, and I'm tired of it. I'm tired of having to take care of everything. I'm tired of things breaking and having to fix them. It adds stress, and frankly, I'm giving myself a break." In

Intelligent? Kind?

Because he believed in honesty and integrity, my father believed that others did as well. He believed in human decency and assumed others were just like him. He believed that most people, when given the choice, would do what was right, even when it was hard, and he believed that good almost always triumphed over evil. He wasn't naive, though.

The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all.

She saw in his eyes that he knew she was thinking about him. She liked the fact that he knew it, and she hoped he had been thinking about her as well.

But never forget that love is always stronger than fear.

I overlooked some obvious problems, made excuses for others.

After a while, the anger I felt just sort of became part of me, like it was the only way I knew how to handle the grief. I didn't like who I'd become, but I was stuck in this horrible cycle of questions and blame.

She loved me with a passion, but I felt it in her expressions, in her touch, in the tender brush of her lips. And, when I needed it most, she loved me with the written word as well.

There's no shame in being a broken man. You just pick up the pieces… and start rebuilding.

Tired soldiers made mistakes. Learn to sleep when it was time to sleep, no matter how chaotic things were, trusting it would be better the following day.

Soy un hombre corriente, con pensamientos corrientes, que ha llevado una vida corriente. No me dedicaran ningún monumento y mi nombre pronto pasara al olvido, pero he amado a otra persona con toda el alma y eso para mi, es mas que suficiente

In college, there aren't many guys like that, and why would there be? When girls just give it away for nothing? I mean, I can understand why you'd sleep with someone if you love them, but if you barely know them? What's the point? It just cheapens it.

I want balance. Work is important because I have to support myself, but so are friends, health, rest. Having the time to do things that I enjoy, and sometimes doing nothing at all.

The rain blew in soft sheets, making the oncoming headlights shimmer.

I know that's not a popular notion—don't we frequently regard our elders as wise partially because they're gray and wrinkled?—but lately I've come to believe that some people are born with the capacity to become wise while others aren't, and in some people, wisdom seems to be evident even at a young age. My

April never ceased to surprise....there were always a few glorious days, perfect days, when it seemed as thought anything were possible.

My mom used to tell me that whatever you do, marry someone who loves you more than you love him.

he didn't think he had a problem. Because he didn't become mean or violent, he thought he didn't have a problem. Because it was usually only beer, it couldn't possibly be a problem. But it was a problem, because he'd gradually become the kind of man she couldn't have imagined marrying. She couldn't count the number of times that she'd cried about it.

Life endlessly offers us chances to set new directions and in the process we grow and change; when we look in the rearview mirror, we catch a glimpse of former selves who sometimes seem unrecognizable. [Trevor Benson]

That's what parenting is all about. Doing the best you can while being terrified of screwing up. Kids