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

— Nicholas Sparks

You kissed me yes, But it was not just goodnight even then I could feel the promise in it. The promise that you could kiss me like that forever.

— Nicholas Sparks

You know how it is. You feel a little different because other people have two parents, even if they’re divorced. It’s like you grow up knowing that you’re missing something important that everyone else has, but you don’t know exactly what it is. I remember hearing my friends talking about how their fathers wouldn't let them stay out late or didn't like their boyfriends. It used to make me so angry because they didn't even realize what they had. Do you know what I mean?

— Nicholas Sparks

You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

— Nicholas Sparks

You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter what the future brings, you always will be, and I know that my life is better for it.

— Nicholas Sparks

You really love her don't you," she said. With all my heart." She looked as sad as I'd ever seen her. What's your heart telling you to do?" I don't know." Maybe," she said gently,"You're trying too hard to hear it.

— Nicholas Sparks

You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.

— Nicholas Sparks

You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.

— Nicholas Sparks

You should read something else." Why would he have done that to him?" I don't know," she said. Do you ever feel like Job?" She smiled, a little twinkle in her eyes. Sometimes." But you haven't lost your faith?" No," I knew she hadn't, but I think I was losing mine. Is it because you think you might get better?" No," she said,"it's because it's the only thing I have left.

— Nicholas Sparks

You think you know me, but I'm not sure that even I know who I am anymore.

— Nicholas Sparks