Nicholas Sparks

Quotes

1. "You are a smart man, Ira, but sometimes I think you do not understand women very well."

   p. 267

2. 

   "Long-term relationships--the ones that matter--are all about weathering the peaks and valleys."

   p. 259

3. 

   As much as I love her, I admit that she has always remained somewhat of an enigma to me...I liked this about her. I liked the mystery she added to my life. I liked the occasional silence between us, for ours was a comfortable silence. It was a passionate silence, one that had its roots in comfort and desire.

   p. 222

4. 

   "As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you."

   p. 78

5. 

   ...the grass isn't always greener on the other side. What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greener where it's watered, which meant that both Frank and Amanda had to get out their hoses if they wanted to make things better.

   p. 103

6. 

   ...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.

   p. 78

7. 

   "I'm not sure anyone's life turns out exactly the way they imagine. All we can do is to try to make the best of it. Even when it seems impossible."

   p. 208

8. 

   In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were,...

   p. 94

9. 

   I sometimes think to myself that I’m the last of my kind.

   p. 1

10. 

    "...people who are grieving have to want to move on--that first step, that motivating spark, has to come from within them. And when it does, it opens the door to the unexpected."

    p. 190

11. 

    "Dying is a strange business, and I'm not going to bore you with the details. I might have weeks or I might have months and though it's a cliche, it's true that so many of the things I once believed to be important no longer are. ...I find myself reflecting on the essential moments of my life."

    p. 336

12. 

    My marriage brought great happiness into my life, but lately there's been nothing but sadness. I understand that love and tragedy go hand in hand, for there can't be one without the other, but nonetheless I find myself wondering whether the tradeoff is fair. A man should die as he had lived, I think; in his final moments, he should be surrounded and comforted by those he's always loved.

    p. 237