Nicholas Sparks

Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

The scariest thing about distance is that you dont know whether theyll miss you or forget you.

Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.

In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own. When you cry I cry and when you hurt I hurt. And together we will try to hold back the floods to tears and despair and make it through the potholed street of life

You are my best friend as well as my lover and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side just as I have treasured our life together.

I've been thinking about you constantly since I left, wondering why the journey I'm on seemed to have led through you. I know my journey's not over yet, and that life is a winding path, but I can only hope it somehow circles back to the place I belong. That's how I think of it now. I belong with you.

In the end you should always do the right thing even if its hard.

Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life.

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

The scariest thing about distance is that you don't know whether they'll miss you or forget you.

I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

When people cared about each other they always found a way to make it work.

If they were meant to be together they would find a way to do it.

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

Love is fragile. And were not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds

Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary.

She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.

I fell in love with her when we were together then fell deeper in love with in the years we were apart.

A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason every hope and every dream Ive ever had and no matter what happens to us in the future everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever.

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our hearts are connected.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.

The first time you fall in love it changes your life forever and no matter how hard you try the feeling never goes away.

In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

I love you more than there are fishes in the sea, and higher than the moon.

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.

That's my sweetheart in there. Wherever she is, that's where my home is.

The grass isnt always greener on the other side. What the younger generation didnt understand was that the grass was greenest where its watered.

I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.

Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive.

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes even small ones were always wrenching.

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

Thats how I always want to remember my time with you. Like a pure white light breathtaking to behold.

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals.

Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.

What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.

Being in love I find myself smiling for no reason at all.

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

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul that makes us reach for more that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. Thats what I hope to give you forever.

Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.

The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with in the years we were apart.

Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary simply by doin them with the right people.

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

Never forget that God is your friend. And like all friends He longs to hear whats been happening in your life. Good or bad whether its been full of sorrow or anger or even when youre questioning why terrible things have to happen.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

I dont think that were meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.

Every couple has ups and downs every couple argues and thats the thing youre a couple and couples cant function without trust.

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

One of the exhilarating parts of falling in love is discovering new things about one another and seeing the world from a different point of view.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want and then you realize that people youve known forever dont see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories but find yourself moving on.

It's never too late to do the right thing.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

Every great love starts with a great story.

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable.

The best love is the kind that awakens the soul; that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. That’s what I hope to give you forever.

Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.

A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing.

Theres no love like the first.

Love is like the wind you cant see it but you can feel it.

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

I know we loved each other but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it I wanted to be certain that it would last.

Alzheimer's it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories.

Rekindled love is generally short-term.

For every day, I miss you. For every hour, i need you. For every minute, I feel you. For every second, I want you. Forever, I love you

Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE... It's called TOMORROW.

I don't think that we’re meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

Sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love but that doesnt make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it

I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

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

Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didn’t, and then you lived with the choice you made.

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

In the blink of an eye something happens by chance when you least expect it sets you on a course that you never planned into a future you never imagined.