Nicholas Sparks

“Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.”

“You'll make mistakes and struggle like everyone, but when you are with the right person, you'll almost perfect joy, like you are the luckiest person who ever lived. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really matters.”

“I can’t make this decision for you…this one’s 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.”

“I thought you didn't like staying after school." "I didn't at first, but I kind of like it now.""You do?"He nodded. "Miss Andrews makes me feel special.”

“Hey, Dad?""Yeah?"Jonah walked in silence for a few steps. "It's okay if you like Miss Andrews."Miles looked down in surprise. "It is?""Yeah," he said seriously. "Because I think she likes you.”

“He looks pretty broken up about the fact he won't see me tonight.""Absolutely crushed," Sarah agreed with a nod."We were supposed to rent a movie together, you know."Sarah shrugged. "It must be terrible to be forgotten so easily."Miles laughed. He was smitten about her, no doubt about it.”

“Can I have a Happy Meal?""don't you think you're getting a little old for that?""I'm only seven, Dad.”

“You get to tour some of the historic homes and listen to ghost stories.""This is what people do in small towns?""We could either do that or go sit on my porch, chew some tobacco, and play banjos.”

“You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked."Except for the years I went to college.""Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something new?""Like bistros?"She nudged him playfully with her elbow. "No, not just that. Cities have a vibrancy, a sense of excitement that you can't find in a small town.""I don't doubt it. But to be honest, I've never been interested in things like that. I don't need those things to make me happy. A nice quiet place to unwind at the end of the day, beautiful views, a few good friends. What else is there?”

“If you'd rather not answer, you don't have to," Miles offered. "I'm sure it wouldn't change my impression of him, anyway.""And what impression is that?""I don't like him." Sarah laughed. "Why do you say that?" "Because you don't like him.""You're pretty perceptive.”

“But I'm the only one in my class who has to stay after school.""Yeah, well... that's okay. I had to stay after school when I was a kid, too." That seemed to get his attention. "You did?""Yeah. Only I didn't have to do it for only a couple of months, I had to do it for two years.""Two years?"Miles nodded for emphasis. "Every day.""Wow," he said, "you must really have been dumb if you had to stay for two years."That wasn't my point, but I guess if it makes you feel better, I'll take it."You're a smart young man and don't you ever forget it, okay?”

“questions that had begun to creep into her thoughts whenever they we're together. When would he be ready? Would he ever be ready? And of course, why he wasn't ready?”

“The last thing she'd wanted was anything as complicated as a relationship, for it felt as though there we're though complication in her life already.”

“The problem with time, I've learned, whether it's those first two weeks I got to spend with you, or the final two months I got to spend with him, eventually time always runs out. I have no idea where you are out there in the world, John. But I understand that I lost the right to know these things long ago. No matter how many years go by, I know one thing to be as true as ever was - I'll see you soon then.”

“I love you now for what we've already shared, and I love you now in anticipation of all that's to come.”

“Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to.”

“And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there.”

“I saw the way she was looking at you, and I knew that she still loved you. More than that, I know she always will. It breaks my heart, but you know what? I'm still in love with her, and to me that means that I want nothing more than for her to be happy in life. I want that more than anything. It's all I've ever wanted for her.”

“Vais encontrar muita gente pela vida fora que diz as palavras certas na altura certa. Mas, ao fim e ao cabo, é pelas suas acções que os deves julgar. São as acções e não as palavras que contam.”

“These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.”

“And I had no regrets about the way I turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not about the destination.”

“she felt a sudden, unexpected surge of hope. Despite the tragedy they'd all gone through, this was what a happy family looked like; this, she thought, is what a loving family did when they were together. For them, it was nothing but an ordinary day on an ordinary weekend, but for her, there was something revelatory about the notion that wonderful moments like these existed. And that maybe, just maybe, it would be possible for her to experience similar days in the future.”

“Spending time with Savannah made me wonder whether it was possible to defy the norm. I wanted more of her, and no matter what happened between us, I already knew I'd never forget anything about her. As crazy as it sounded, she was becoming part of me, and I was already dreading the fact that we wouldn't be able to spend the day together tomorrow. Or the day after, or the day after that. Maybe, I told myself, we could beat the odds.' - John”

“You want to know what I was thinking?...I was thinking that I wished you'd been with me the last couple of days. I mean, I enjoyed getting to know everyone better. We ate lunch together, and the dinner last night was a lot of fun, but it just felt like something was wrong, like I was missing something. It wasn't until I saw you walking up the beach that I realized it was you.”

“That's what I don't like about college, by the way. It's like a lot of people don't believe these years really count, so you're allowed to experiment with... whatever. There's such a casual view about things like sex and drinking and even drugs. I know that sounds really old-fashioned, but I just don't get it...to be honest, I'm kind of disappointed in those two people I heard about, and I don't want to sit there trying to pretend that I'm not. I know I shouldn't judge,...but still, what was the point? Shouldn't you save things like that for someone you love? So that it really means something?" - Savannah”

“Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it.”

“Throughout it all, I loved her as much as I always had, and I found myself aching for those simpler times of the past. I knew what was happening, of course. As we were drifting apart, I was becoming more desperate to save what we once had shared; like a vicious circle, however, my desperation made us drift apart even further.”

“Miracles do happen.”

“And if I'd have a single dying wish, it would be to know that both of you, are somehow going to be alright.”

“As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair.”

“Hardships drive some people apart. Others, like us, grow even closer.”

“Dawson, like tuck was one of those rare people who could love only once, and if anything, separation had only made his feelings grow stronger.”

“Kau tahu itu adalah cinta ketika yang kauinginkan hanyalah melewatkan waktumu bersama orang itu, dan entah bagaimana caranya kau tahu bahwa orang itu juga merasakan hal yang sama.”

“Just when you think it can't get worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it will. But as long as you remember that he loves you and you love him you'll be just fine.”

“And if, in some distant place in the future, we see each other in our new lives, I will smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.”

“Sentada na cozinha, Denise pensava que a vida era como o estrume.Quando usado no jardim, servia de fertilizante. Eficaz e barato, alimentava o solo e ajudava o jardim a tornar-se tão bonito quanto podia ser. Mas fora dele, numa pastagem por exemplo, e quando pisado inadvertidamente, era uma coisa repugnante.”

“How, then, was she--his wife, who'd taken a vow to remain with him in sickness and in health--supposed to justify ending the marriage and breaking up their family after everything they have been through? When all she really wanted was the man she'd once believed him to be”

“Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me. - John Tyree”

“Geen drenkeling zal ooit weten welke waterdruppel hem zijn laatste adem benam...”

“But this is okay. I smile slightly, looking towardthe sky, knowingthere's one thing I still haven't told you: I now believe,by the way, thatmiracles can happen.”

“En ese momento me di cuenta de que el anochecer es solo una ilusión, porque el sol sigue estando presente, ya sea por encima o por debajo de la linea del horizonte. Y eso significa que el día y la noche están unidos como muy pocas cosas lo están; no pueden estar el uno sin el otro, pero tampoco pueden existir a la vez.”

“Y además—prosiguió él–, no estoy seguro de que quiera ser tu amigo. —¿Por qué no? —Porque deseo algo más.”

“That's my sweetheart in there. I'm not living her. This is my home now. Your mother is my home.”

“I'm not perfect, either. In the end, it's only God's judgement that matters, and I've learned enough to know that no one can presume to know the will of God.”

“We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.”

“You have the Best Of Me....”

“E' la possibilità, non la garanzia, quella che mi fa andare avanti. Una specie di scomessa da parte mia. E chiamatemi pure pazzo, o sognatore o quel che vi pare, io credo che tutto sia possibile.”

“When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . . ”

“Aku ingin sekali mengatakan padamu bahwa segalanya akan berakhir dengan baik untuk kita, dan bahwa aku berjanji akan berusaha mewujudkan itu. Tapi andaikan kita tak pernah bertemu lagi, dan perpisahan ini mesti terjadi, aku yakin kita akan bertemu lagi di kehidupan lain....”

“And that leaves me with the belief that miracles, no matter how inexplicable or unbelievable, are real and can occur without regard to the natural order of things.”