Quotes from Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee.

I have always been a firm believer in God and the power of prayer, though to be honest, my faith has made for alist of questions I definitely want answered after I'm gone.

Our lives can't be measured by our final years, of this I am sure.

She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second.

You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't know how I could have lived without you for as long as I have.

My daddy said, that the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

If you're a bird... I'm a bird...

I want all of you, forever everyday. You and me everyday.

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.

My daddy saidthat the first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, the feeling just never goes away.

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.

It wasn't over. It still isn't over.

Hmmm. I want some... uh... pancakes... and some bacon... and pickle

A living poem" had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.

What are we after all our dreams, after all our memories?