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born 1965 United States

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter and producer.

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Also known as: A Walk to Remember (novel), Message in a Bottle (novel), The Notebook (novel)

Random Nicholas Sparks quote

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

The Choice (2007)

The past was gone, after all, and the future was the only thing they had left.

The Best of Me (2011)

"Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them...."

The Choice (2007)

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

The Lucky One (2008)

"Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future."

Safe Haven (2010)

"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."

Safe Haven (2010)

"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."

A Walk to Remember (1999)

There are ghosts and there is love,
And both are present here,
To those who listen, this tale will tell
The truth of love and if it's near.

A Bend in the Road (2001)

"One day, you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine."

True Believer (2005)

"...The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. Those two elements always go together. … The best we can hope for in life is that it doesn't happen for a long, long time."

Nights in Rodanthe (2002)

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.

Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)

Nowadays, she thought, it was the little things in life that mattered. If the highlights in her past set the tone, it was the day-by-day events that now defined who she was.

The Guardian (2003)

Sometimes the same emotion that breaks your heart is the very one that will heal it...

At First Sight (2005)

"Loving someone and having them love you back is the most precious thing in the world. It's what made it possible for me to go on..."

The Rescue (2000)

"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."

The Longest Ride (2013)

Is love at first sight truly possible?

At First Sight (2005)

"...once she becomes a teenager...well, sometimes there's nothing you can do. With or without you, in the end, children grow up to become the people they were meant to be."

At First Sight (2005)

"Denial is an ugly thing, Nicky."
"I'm not in denial."
"See what I mean? That's denial."

Three Weeks with My Brother (2004)

Marriage, each of them realized intuitively, was about compromise and forgiveness. It was about balance, where one person complemented the other.

The Choice (2007)

I knew my dad was a good man, a kind man, and though he'd led a wounded life, he'd done the best he could in raising me.

Dear John (2006)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nicholas Sparks (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.