Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

stay True To Pursue

Maybe God has a better plan for me than I had for myself.

She'd always believed that people come in two varieties: those who look out the windshield and those who stare in the rearview mirror. She'd always been the windshield type: Gotta focus on the future, not the past, because that's the only part that's still up for grabs.

That was the kind of life she'd had as a child, and it was the kind she wanted as an adult. But it hadn't worked out that way. Things in life seldom did, she'd come to understand

any time I spent with Ruth should be regarded as precious. War, after all, was everywhere.

Having kids means taking care of them, raising them, loving and supporting them, and none of those things have anything to do with who makes them one night in the bedroom or the experience of being pregnant

Jamie Sullivan podía conducirlo a uno a la locura a veces.

For silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.

He lived a wounded life

Well . . . I mean . . ." Her eyebrows lifted and she looked at him slyly. "You want to ask me about the fan again?" He grinned. She'd never let him live that down.

People talk about truth like it's the solution to all of life's problems. I've been around long enough to know that isn't the case, and that sometimes truth can do more harm than good.

Lost in her breath-like touch, he knew only one thing for sure: In the instant their lips first met, there was a flicker of something almost electrical that made him believe the feeling would last forever.

Hell, if they wanted to act like idiots, why try to stop them?

was often told what I should do. He expected honesty and integrity in all aspects of life, but I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected.

the only one you can ever really please is yourself. How others feel is up to them.

Actions - not thoughts or intentions - were the way to judge others.

Despite her near delirium, she noticed Jared's eyes flicking constantly to the rearview mirror, disappointment and anger warring in his expression. She sometimes thought that he shed a large part of his innocence that night, a child confronting his parent's awful shortcomings.

Some might dispute the facts, but memories aren't always about facts.

She had fallen in love with a stranger in the course of a weekend, and she would never fall in love again.

Throw any two people together, add the inevitable ups and downs, give the mixture a vigorous stir, and a few stormy arguments were inevitable, no matter how much the couple loved each other.

As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.

teaching is impossible unless a student wants to learn.

I know but no matter what I choose I have to live with it. For ever. I have to be able to go forward and not look back any more. Can you understand that?

She was mysterious, and he liked mysteries. Mysteries always lead to surprises...