Nicholas Sparks Quotes

If relationships were hard, mariage was even harder... it seemed like most couples struggled. It went with the territory. What did Nana always say? Stick two different people with two different sets of expectations under one roof and it ain't always going to be shrimp and grits on Easter.

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

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

He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as space travel. He hadn't always felt this way. There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.

I've come to believe that children live for the satisfaction of surprising their parents...

But he had been in love once, that he knew. Once and only once, and a long time ago. And it had changed him forever. Perfect love did that to a person and this had been perfect.

People didn't change. they liked what they liked even if they didn't understand why.

Because being comfortable meant she might lower her guard, and she could not let that happen.

Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away.

I had never dreamed of being a soldier; I had never fired a gun. I was not, nor ever had been, a fighter of any sort, but even so, I loved my country, and I spent much of that year trying to imagine a future distorted by war.

They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it

I can no more give Jamie away than I can give away my heart. But what I can do is let another share in the joy that she has always given me.

"Mom says it's because she has PMS.
Do you even know what that means?
"I'm not a little kid anymore. It means pissed-at- men syndrome

you have to love something before you can hate it.

I just tell people what they already know but are afraid to admit to themselves.