Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

Si bien, es muy fácil herir a los que amamos, es de verdad difícil curar esas heridas. Aun así, intentar la cura de dicha heridas puede ser una de las experiencias más enriquecedoras de la vida.

You're selective when it comes to sex, but once you're with someone, the standards you would normally hold yourself to go out the window...

he was glad that he'd never had to live near people who pushed paper for a living and weren't comfortable if the temperature at work wasn't exactly seventy-two degrees.

It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to take it for granted? It's like they think it won't ever change. Just like this house here. All it ever needed was a little attention, and it would never have ended up like this in the first place.

I miracoli sono autentici e possono verificarsi a dispetto dell'ordine naturale delle cose.

She couldn't think of anyone else who remotely resembled him. He was so complicated, almost contradictory in so many ways, yet simple, a strangelh erotic combination. On the surface he was a country boy, home from war and he probably saw himself in those terms. Yet there was so much more to him.

were found in the smallest details of people's lives. It was a life of dignity and honor, not without sorrows yet fulfilling in a way that few experiences ever were.

He was sure he wanted never to let go of her hand; their fingers seemed to fit together in just the right way-effortlessly clasped, like perfect complements.

She laughed, and I noted how different she was from the first night I'd met her. It was almost as though her uniform had the ability to transform her personality. But then I realized that the same was true about me. In a lab coat or scrubs, I was one person; dressed like a yachtsman, I was someone different. (p. 97, Trevor Benson)

but Hope had learned that a meaningful life was seldom about such things. It was about experiences and relationships; it was about health and family and loving someone who loved you in return. She'd

Mio papà mi diceva che quando ti innamori per la prima volta, la tua vita cambia per sempre, e per quanto tu ti sforzi di liberartene, quella sensazione non ti lascia più.

Marriage, each of them realised intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance where one person complimented the other.

It was a myth that every mother and daughter were best friends, but friendship was far less important than family. Friends came and went; family was always there.

I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, every day we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

There was, after all, more to life than work, and I realized I no longer wanted to be the person I'd recently become. I wanted to embrace those things that were important to me and worry less about the things that were beyond my control.

Instead, he reflected on what she'd said earlier, about their similarities, thinking she was right and hoping that it was enough to keep her coming back to the ranch. After a while their conversation lapsed into a peaceful lull, and he realized he had no

It was a tidal wave of sensation and emotion, and he suddenly felt that every step he'd taken in his life had been on a path leading to her, as if she were his ultimate destination.

He wanted to experience life. No, change that. He needed to experience life.

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

Even when she wasn't trying, she was one of the most sensual women I've ever seen.

The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it's important to remember that joy always follow dispair.

Because you believed him when he promised it wouldn't happen again. Because he gradually grew more violent and controlling over time, slowly enough that you felt like he would change until you finally realized he wouldn't.

La mayoría de la gente no sabe apreciar el silencio. Por eso siente la necesidad de hablar todo el rato.

We spend so much time making up for things we failed to say..