Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

Sie entsann sich, wie sie an einem heißen Julitag unter dem Baum gesessen hatte an der Seite von jemandem, der sie mit solchem Verlangen angesehen hatte, daß nichts sonst Bedeutung hatte. Und in jenem Augenblick hatte sie sich zum ersten Mal verliebt.

head back into the house. They were in their sixties, the kind of people who rushed outside to scold a kid who happened to walk across their grass to retrieve a Frisbee or baseball. And even though they were Jewish, they decorated their house with Christmas lights in addition to the menorah they

while also noting the quiet efficiency of the nurses as they darted in and out of rooms. I'd always believed nurses were underappreciated.

Il giorno e la notte sono legati come poche altre cose al mondo, non possono esistere l'uno senza l'altro e tuttavia non possono esistere insieme. Come ci si può sentire, pensai, quando si è sempre uniti e sempre divisi?

There is no reason to feel lost, for: Nothing is ever really lost, or can be lost, No birth, identity, form -- no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing;... The body, sluggish, aged, cold -- the embers left from earlier fires,... shall duly flame again.

Voleva farci capire che Dio è sempre là a vegliare dall'alto su di noi, anche quando siamo lontani da casa e che se avremo fiducia in Lui, alla fine saremo nel giusto.

You made the decision, not I, and every decision has consequences. You have to take responsibility for the choices you make.

Life is full of second chances.

All that she could think was that she needed him. She needed his arms around her, needed him to hold her and whisper that they'd find a way to be together. pg. 383

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when its over-- Adrienne Willis, Nights in Rodanthe

Until yesterday, had someone even suggested that she go out with a guy with his past, she would have laughed aloud or - more likely - been offended. She should have simply said good-bye after he'd walked her to her car last night. The very Idea of the two of them going out today was absurd, and yet. . . she had asked him , and she had trouble remembering exactly how that had happened or what she'd been thinking. And yet, Colin was. . . magnetic

Tuesday morning, and with all the new security, I had to leave

It's a terrible thing to outlive your child, a tragedy I wish upon no one.

La vita, ora lo capiva, assomigliava a una canzone. Al principio c'è il mistero, al termine la conferma, ma nel mezzo ci sono le emozioni che arricchiscono l'intera esperienza.

el viaje más largo: la vida.

I want to write you the kind of letter you always wrote to me.

Its easy to fall for someone that will find humor in every situation.

Knowing that he didn't love her simply in the here and now but that he would never stop loving her.

I knew that families had their own holiday traditions, but ours seemed to keep us dispersed while Bryce's gathered them together.

I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

blazing across the sky? Or did he dream using the few

Tout à coup, j'eus une révélation: voilà ce que je voulais. Je voulais Natalie, et pas juste ce soir, mais pour une vie entière de jours et de nuits comme celle que nous vivions à cet instant.

Life always offers you a second chance. It's called tomorrow!

En estas últimas y tiernas horas, el amor es sensible y puro Ven, luz de la mañana, con tu luminoso poder a despertar a mi amor eterno.