Nicholas Sparks Quotes

A truth emerges in any long marriage, and the truth is this: Our spouses sometimes know us better than we even know ourselves.

I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be.

I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul.
I'm dying, Landon.

In her new, more mature incarnation, she embraced the idea that maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark in the world.

I lead a simple life now, I am foolish, an old man in love, a dreamer who dreams of nothing but reading to Allie and holding her whenever I can. I am a sinner with many faults and a man who believes in magic, but I am too old to change and too old to care.

...I finally understood what true love really meant. ...that love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

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.

...She had the rare ability to be exactly what people needed when she was with them and yet still remain true to herself.

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

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.

He finally understood that God's presence was everywhere, at all times, and was experienced by everyone at one time or another.

...I learned that it's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief...lessens. It may not ever go away completely, but after a while it's not overwhelming.