Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

By then, after all, she understood the nature of romance, and knew it had little to do with trying to create a fantasy. Real romance was spontaneous, unpredictable, and could be as simple as listening to a man read a love letter found in a lonely mailbox on a stormy September afternoon.

We met on a Wednesday morning, and I'd fallen in love with him by Thursday evening.

Moterys trokšta pasakos. Aišku, ne visos, bet daugelis nuo vaikyst?s svajoja apie vyr?, kuris d?l j? b?t? pasiryž?s viskam, netgi žinodamas, kad gali likti pats ?skaudintas.

Truth only means something when it's hard to admit! Don't you get that? All Ronnie wanted to hear was the truth. she thought the truth would set you free, but it only made things harder for her to forgive. after finding out that is was her mom who had the affair instead of her dad she felt awful.

It's important to remember that none of us is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. All we can do is try to be the best version of ourselves as we move forward. In this case, if he asks, you can tell the truth, or you can lie. I suppose it comes down to the kind of person you want to see when you look in the mirror. [Linda Dawes, to niece Maggie]

The disappointments she'd experienced hadn't hardened into either anger or bitterness, but rather acceptance that life seldom turns out the way that one imagines it will.

It's just that every now and then there's a student who comes from a challenging family background, and you know there's nothing you can do for them. It's enough to break your heart sometimes.

with the possibility that he might never

But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now." this book also had a lesson of taking risks for Lexi she was a middle aged women who was waiting for that one guy to sweep her off her feet. well one had come along (aka Jeremy Marsh) and she was about to let him go. but she got out of her comfort zone and loved him.

Why did fate always seem to conspire against us?" she asked, turning to look at him over her shoulder. "Do you think there's a greater plan at work, one we can't even fathom?

Vais encontrar muita gente pela vida fora que diz as palavras certas na altura certa. Mas, ao fim e ao cabo, é pelas suas acções que os deves julgar. São as acções e não as palavras que contam.

My dad, unlike most of humanity, had no secrets at all. He had no hidden vices, no diaries, no embarrassing interests, no box of private things he kept all to himself. I found nothing that further enlightened me about his inner life, nothing that might help me understand him after he was gone. My dad, I knew then, was just as he'd always seemed to be, and I suddenly realised how much I admired him for that.

Over the years, I'd gradually come to believe that family is like your shadow on a sunny day, always there, just over your shoulder, following you in spirit no matter where you are or what you're doing. They're always with you.

Jamie no fue solo el ángel que salvó a Tom Thornton, sino que también fue el ángel que nos salvó a todos.

for there were times I caught them staring at me curiously. I never told them about my past or shared personal information. They knew nothing of Savannah or my dad or my friendship with Tony. Those memories were mine and mine alone, for I'd learned that some things are best kept secret. In

And I'd be willing to bet that you were great at it, if only because you have to love something before you can hate it.

I knew that my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me. Never once had he raised his hand in anger

while there's a lot that I don't know about the world, I do know that kids have a funny way of helping you keep things in perspective.

It was any combination of a thousand things, she told herself, but it wasn't love. And

It wasn't until I had children that I really understood what love meant.

A dull ax is more dangerous than a sharp one.

The body slows with mortal ache , yet my promise remains true at the closing of our days , A tender touch that ends with a kiss will awaken love in joyous ways

since some stars are so far away that their light takes millions of years just to reach us. That we see stars not as they look now, but as they were when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

I wonder if she knows I think she's beautiful.