Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

La poesía aporta una gran belleza a la vida, pero también una gran tristeza, y no estoy seguro de que sea un intercambio justo para una persona de mi edad.

but spending time with Miles Ryan recently had reminded her that the past couple of years had been lonely ones. In the classroom, it was usually easy to avoid such thoughts. Standing in front of the blackboard, she was able to focus completely on the students, those small faces that stared at her with wonder. She'd come to view them as her kids, and she wanted to make sure they had every opportunity for success in the world.

Cierro los ojos y me convierto en un barco intrépido, osado e invencible en medio de un mar agitado, y ella es mi vela.

never forget that love is always stronger than fear. Love saved me, and I know it will save you, too.

You're very handsome this evening. Did I buy you that shirt?" "Thank you," Colin said. "And yes, you did.

Still, I have to admit that I

It was tangible and real, close enough to allow me to dream of moving back to North Carolina; on the other hand, it unfortunately made time slow down. Isn't that the way it always is when you really want something?

was happening wasn't typical. In fact, he said, it was

Steve remembered clasping his hands together, amazed that they weren't shaking. If ever they should shake, he thought, it would be at a time like this. But they were as steady and still as a kitchen sink.

Usually he just went about his life, doing what needed to be done and figuring out ways to enjoy the rest of his time.

If we're meant to be, we can't just love each other as teenagers. We have to love each other as adults.

Women only strike men as being mysterious

The heart wants what it wants.

O amor é sempre paciente e terno, nunca é invejoso. O amor nunca é pretensioso, nem vaidoso. Nunca é indelicado, nem egoista. Não se ofende, não é rancoroso. O amor não se congratula com os pecados dos outros, mas deleita-se com a verdade. Está sempre disposto a perdoar, a confiar, a esperar e a suportar todas as contrariedades.

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.

but the prism through which I view her remains for me unchanging. To me, she will always be twenty- one and I twenty- three.

If I didn't get a date, he'd stand off on one side with me all night long, firing questions like some deranged prosecutor.

He still wasn't sure exactly when it happened...It wasn't as if a light suddenly blinked on; it was more like a sunrise, where the sky grows lighter and lighter almost imperceptibly before you realized it was morning. page 147

How would it feel, I remember wondering, to be always together, yet forever apart? It is ironic, of course, because I know that answer now. I know what it's like to be day and night now; always together, forever apart.

It was a life, she eventually concluded, that had been lived in the middle ground, where contentment and love

But I don't know his hobbies, or the kind of house he lives in, the food he likes, or any books or movies that he may have enjoyed. In other words, we're friends, but really, we're not. (p. 119, Trevor Benson)

I wonder why it's orange," I mused aloud. To my surprise, I heard Emily answer. "When the moon is low in the sky, the light scatters because it has to pass through more layers of the atmosphere than when it's overhead. By the time the light reaches our eyes, the blue, green, and purple parts of the spectrum have scattered, leaving only yellow, orange, and red visible to us." "How do you know that?" I marveled, turning to her.

The past was gone, after all, and the future was the only thing they had left.

?ây là con ng??i th?t c?a anh, là nh?ng gì anh thích. Trong s? t?t c? nh?ng ng??i anh quen, em là ng??i anh mu?n ???c cùng chia s? nh?ng kho?nh kh?c vui v? này.