Nicholas Sparks

Quotes

1. ...he often wondered when exactly her feeling for him finally overwhelmed those she'd had for Kevin... He wasn't sure; capturing a specific instant like that was no more possible than locating a specific drop of water in the ocean.

   p. 193

2. 

   ...he realized that the same thing that made women initially attractive to him--their need to be taken care of--was the very thing that eventually signaled he end of the relationship. How did that old saying go? If you've been divorced once, you might be right in thinking your ex was the problem. If you've been divorced three times? Well, folks, the problem is most definitely you. Granted, he hadn't been divorced, but the point was well taken.

   p. 144

3. 

   Finding a woman with a sense of humor had been the one piece of advice his father had given him when he'd first begun to get serious about dating, and he finally understood why his dad had considered it important. If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.

   p. 166

4. 

   "But I'm different now than i was then. Just like I was different at the end of the trip than I'd been at the beginning. And I'll be different tomorrow than I am today. And what that means is that I can never replicate that trip. Even if I went to the same places and met the same people, it wouldn't be the same. My experience wouldn't be the same. To me, that's what traveling should be about. Meeting people, learning to not only appreciate a different culture, but really enjoy it like a local, following whatever impulse strikes you."

   p. 102

5. 

   He often felt that too many people lived their lives acting and pretending, wearing masks and losing themselves in the process.

   p. 51

6. 

   "In other words, when the going get tough, the tough get going."

   p. 115

7. 

   "Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love." "Spoken like a man with plenty of experience. But keep in mind that true love lasts forever." "Poets would say that true love always ends in tragedy."

   p. 132

8. 

   How far should a person go in the name of true love?

   p. 191

9. 

   ...people always said that parenting and worrying were synonymous...

   p. 193

10. 

    "...There is a greater purpose to all this. It is your destiny."

    p. 146

11. 

    'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'...'Blessed are the lazy who lie in boats, for they shall inherit a suntan.'

    p. 107

12. 

    Was living together a step toward the future or just a way to continue the present?

    p. 58