Nicholas Sparks quotes - page 21

...There is a greater purpose to all this. It is your destiny. (Nicholas Sparks)
Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards...and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven. View quote
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You are a smart man, Ira, but sometimes I think you do not understand women very well. View quote
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...there is the fact that having a child transforms the basic marriage relationship. No longer are you simply husband and wife, you are mother and father as well, and all spontaneity vanishes immediately. View quote
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So many people these days, it seemed, believed that these things (personal fulfillment and self-esteem) could come only from work, not from parenting, and many people believed that having children had nothing to do with raising them. View quote
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Even now, not a day goes by when I don't wish I could turn back the clock and change what happened. View quote
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It went without saying that he felt guilty about what had happened, but married friends had assured him that guilt was the cornerstone of any good marriage. It meant that a conscience was at work, values were held in high esteem, and reasons to feel guilty were best avoided whenever possible. View quote
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No pretenses, no attempts to impress, no one trying to show anyone up. View quote
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Was living together a step toward the future or just a way to continue the present? View quote
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What's your horse's name?""Horse.""Sophia waited for the joke, but it didn't come. "You call your horse 'Horse'?""He doesn't mind.""You should give him a noble name. Like Prince or Chief or something.""It might confuse him now.""Trust me. Anything is better than Horse. It's like naming a dog Dog.""I have a dog named Dog. Australian Cattle Dog." He turned, his expression utterly matter-of-fact. "Great herder.""And your mom didn't complain?""My mom named him. View quote
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...suddenly certain that what he was doing now was the sole reason he'd been placed on this earth. To love another. To care for someone else, to help another person, to carry her worries until she was strong enough to carry them on her own. To care for someone unconditionally, for in the end that was what gave life meaning. (Nicholas Sparks)
...She had the rare ability to be exactly what people needed when she was with them and yet still remain true to herself. View quote
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Our stories are funny because we lived them, and we survived them. The worse the incident was when it was happening, the funnier the story had become to us over the years. View quote
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It isn't easy living with an author. I know this because my wife has informed me of this fact. View quote
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Her mother had once told her that there were men who kept secrets bottled up inside and that it spelled trouble for the women who loved them. View quote
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It was the way you looked at me while I looked at the art that changed me. It is you, in other words, who changed. View quote
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...he had the sense that they were both lonely, albeit in different ways. He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd. View quote
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Thinking back, he recalled events he wished he could change, tears he wished had never been shed, time that could have been better spent, and frustrations he should have shrugged off. Life, it seemed, was full of regret, and he yearned to turn back the clock so he could live parts of his live over again. One thing was certain: He should have been a better husband. View quote
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[Written on back of photograph of Ruth and Daniel] "Ruth Levinson Third grade teacher. She believes in me and I can be anything I want when I grow up. I can even change the world." View quote
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I tell Ryan that God gave him a brother like Miles so that Ryan could learn that anything is possible and that he can be good at anything. And I tell Miles that God gave him Ryan so that Miles could learn patience and persistence and how to overcome challeges. View quote
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He loved his wife but hated what life with her had become, cursing himself for even thinking this way. (Nicholas Sparks)
While she was exceptional, I was average, a man whose major accomplishment in life was to love her without reservation, and that would never change. View quote
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Parents might believe themselves to be the bosses, but in the end it was the kids who made the rules. View quote
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...The one thing you've got to remember is to see the big picture. When things get tough, remind yourself why you fell in love with her in the first place. She's a special woman, and you were lucky to find her, just as she was lucky to find you. She's got a heart of gold, and you can't fake something like that. View quote
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My plea to you is this: despite your sadness, do not forget how happy you have made me; do not forget that I loved a man who loved me in return, and this was the greatest gift I could ever hope to receive. View quote
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