Nicholas Sparks

Quotes

1. Deanna's voice softened. "Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him."

   "I know that--"

   "But you don't," Deanna said, gently cutting her off. "Or if you do, you don't want to see it that way. Your vision, as they say, has become clouded."

   p. 196

2. 

   "It was...the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make.

   In every way, a walk to remember."

   p. 237

3. 

   I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. 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.

   p. 2

4. 

   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.

   p. 200

5. 

   "I can't make this decision for you, Allie, this one's all yours. I want you to know, though, that I love you. And I always will. I know that doesn't help, but it's all I can do."

   p. 138

6. 

   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.

   p. 212

7. 

   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.

   p. 231

8. 

   "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."

   p. 239

9. 

   "I know we've had our differences, Allie, and that we haven't seen eye to eye on everything. I'm not perfect, but I did the best I could with raising you. I'm your mother and I always will be. That means I'll always love you."

   Allie was silent for a moment, then: "What should I do?"

   "I don't know, Allie. That's up to you. But I would think about it. Think about what you really want."

   p. 137

10. 

    "Even now, not a day goes by when I don't wish I could turn back the clock and change what happened."

    p. 166

11. 

    "Follow your heart,"

    p. 139

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