The Notebook

50 Nicholas Sparks Quotes That Remind Us Why We Love The Way We Do

When you doubt love and need a little hope. 
Kirsten Corley
August 1, 2016
“You have to love something before you can hate it.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
Tagged: Love And Hate, Letting Go, Pain, Loss, Love Again, Best Of Sparks
“You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
Tagged: The Choice, Mistakes, Foregiveness, Loss, Best Of Sparks
“The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: Love, First Love, Distance, Long Distance Relationships, Best Of Sparks, Sad
“She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people...”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One
Tagged: Truth About Love, Right Person, Finding Love, Best Of Sparks
“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
Tagged: goodbye, Thank You, Endings, Letting Go
“Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: First Love, Summer Love, Forgotten Love, Summer Romance, Best Of Sparks
“With every passing year she found herself wondering more and more where all the good guys had gone. Or even if there really was such a thing anymore. Where were the guys who didn’t expect you to sleep with them after only a date or two? Or guys who believed that picking up the check on a first date was a classy thing to do? Or even a guy with a somewhat decent job and plans for the future?”
— Nicholas Sparks, See Me
Tagged: Good Guys, Love, Best Of Sparks, Future
“She wasn’t exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that right here and now, she was falling hard and she could only pray that he was feeling the same way.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
Tagged: Falling In Love, First Love, Feelings, Best Of Sparks
“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.”
— 2 Corinthians 13:4, A Walk To Remember
Tagged: Love Is Patient, Love Is Kind, Boastful, Conceited
“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, The Rescue
Tagged: Actions Over Words, Showing Love, Judge By Action, Say All The Right Things, Best Of Sparks
“The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Nights On Rodanthe
Tagged: Love, Loss, Tragedy, Over, Endings, Best Of Sparks
“Because you aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me
Tagged: Best friend, Love Again, Best Of Me, Relationships, Best Of Sparks
“Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me
Tagged: Marriage Failing, Relationships, Marriage, Love, Lost Love, Best friend
“If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride
Tagged: First Love, Love, soulmates, Looking Back, Best Of Sparks, Fear of losing someone
“People come, people go—they'll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the cover, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue
Tagged: characters, Life, Moving On, Adventures, Past, Best Of Sparks
“Love is love, no matter how old you are, and I knew that if I gave you enough time, you'd come back to me.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
Tagged: Love Again, Coming Back, Lost Love, Time, Best Of Sparks
“True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.”
— Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
Tagged: Love Again, Rare Love, Meaning Of Love, Life And Love, Best Of Sparks
“Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: Poetry, Love, First Love, inspiration
“No matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: Losing Love, Lost Love, goodbye, Best Day, Best Of Sparks
“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.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: Miracles, Life, Love, The Notebook, Allie And Noah, Best Of Sparks