When I was seventeen, I don't think I even knew what love was. But when it's right, it's right, and you just know it. Nicholas Sparks More Quotes by Nicholas Sparks More Quotes From Nicholas Sparks When I write to you, I feel your breath; when you read them, I imagine you feel mine. Is it that way with you too? These letters are part of us now, part of our history, a reminder forever that we made it through this time. Thank you for helping me survive this year, but more than that, thank you in advance for all the years to come. Nicholas Sparks forever writing years There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can. Nicholas Sparks sadness joy memories 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. Nicholas Sparks jealous selfish conceited The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea. Nicholas Sparks castles tides sea It is at moments like these that I know my what my purpose is in life. I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return.I am here because there is no other place to be. Nicholas Sparks arms purpose love-you I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be. Nicholas Sparks crush first-love feelings But...as bad as it was, I learned something about myself. That I could go through something like that and survive. I mean, I know it could have been worse--a lot worse-- but for me, it was all I could have handled at the time. And I learned from it. Nicholas Sparks could-have-been knows mean 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 ordinary-extraordinary simple people Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. Nicholas Sparks dollars writing art Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life. The more time we spent together, the more I could imagine it lasting in the future. That’s never happened to me before, and I’m not sure it’ll ever happen again. I’ve never been in love with anyone before you came along — not real love anyway…not like this. And I’d be a fool if I let you slip away without a fight Nicholas Sparks fighting real missing How can I tell them that I love them if I'm no longer there? Nicholas Sparks ifs Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other... I know I've spent every life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together. Nicholas Sparks like-you soul together The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. Maybe they always have been and will be. Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other. And maybe each time, we've been forced apart for the same reasons. That means that this goodbye is both a goodbye for the past ten thousand years and a prelude to what will come. Nicholas Sparks notebook goodbye love The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the present. Yet his day-to-day existence suddenly struck him as endless and unbearable. Nicholas Sparks focus gone past You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy. Nicholas Sparks nice hurt believe Every time I read to her, it was like I was courting her, because sometimes, just sometimes, she would fall in love with me again, just like she had a long time ago. And that's the most wonderful feeling in the world. How many people are ever given that chance? To have someone you love fall in love with you over and over? Nicholas Sparks falling-in-love love-you long in all the years we spend together, I never once regretted the fact that I had chosen her and that she had chosen me as well. Nicholas Sparks wedding together years I don't want to live the rest of my life thinking about you and dreaming of what might have been. Stay with me, Allie. Nicholas Sparks thinking-about-you dream want There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore. Nicholas Sparks destiny blow wind Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. Nicholas Sparks pages lasts writing