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  • I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.

  • I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

  • Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

  • I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

  • My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

  • Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

  • 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.

  • I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much.

  • The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

  • What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

  • I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.

  • Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

  • A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1.

  • By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

  • I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

  • Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

  • Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.

  • What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

  • Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

  • Rekindled love is generally short-term.

  • All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

  • In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

  • I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.

  • Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

  • I don't write romance novels.

  • I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

  • I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

  • I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

  • I spent much of that year trying to imagine a future distorted by war.

  • Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?

  • It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

  • Having kids means taking care of them, raising them, loving and supporting them, and none of those things have anything to do with who makes them one night in the bedroom or the experience of being pregnant

  • I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

  • That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

  • nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

  • There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

  • and then you stopped. And looked at me. And I knew then exactly what was going to happen. You kissed me, yes. But it was not just goodnight. Even then, I could feel the promise in it. The promise that you would kiss me just like that, forever.

  • So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and meeveryday.

  • There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.

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

  • Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

  • Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

  • A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

  • marriage is about becoming a team. You're going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you'll always figure out a way to get through it

  • But growing up hadn't been all cupcakes and parties, and he could remember wishing for a different life.

  • She would tell him what she wanted in her life--her hopes and dreams for the future--and he would listen intently and then promise to make it all come true. And the way he said it made her believe him, and she knew how much he meant to her.

  • I'm stuck babysitting turtle eggs while a volleyball player slash grease monkey slash aquarium volunteer tries to hit on me." I'm not hitting on you," he protested.No?"Believe me, you'd know if I was hitting on you. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself from succumbing to my charms."

  • The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever"

  • Love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime."

  • Passion is passion. It's the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn't matter where it's directed...It can be coins or sports or politics or horses or music or faith...the saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all."

  • The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last."

  • The body slows with mortal ache , yet my promise remains true at the closing of our days ,A tender touch that ends with a kisswill awaken love in joyous ways"

  • Rigs, he thought he'd seen it all. In 1997, he'd watched as a helicopter lost control as it was about to land. It crashed onto the deck, erupting in a blistering fireball, and he'd received second-degree burns on his back as he'd attempted a rescue. Thirteen people, most of them in the helicopter at the time,"

  • I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again."

  • In the distance, he could see Molly lying in the tall grass off to the side of the house."

  • Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

  • 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.

  • Life passes by now like the scenery outside a car window. I breathe and eat and sleep as I always did, but there seems to be no great purpose in my life that requires active participation on my part...I do not know where I am going or when I will get there.

  • To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.

  • without music he felt aimless and adrift.

  • Love is fragile. And we're not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.

  • I think you're intelligent and charming, and that you're a person with a kind heart. I know that when you want to, you can look more beautiful than anyone I've ever met. You're independent, you've got a good sense of humor, and you show surprising patience with children." -Alex

  • 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.

  • i wait. with all my dreams, i know her heart, and i know i'm almost there.

  • It was one thing, after all, to know his feelings for Amanda hadn't changed; it was another thing entirely to face the future with the certainty that they never would.

  • It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

  • A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger's lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing

  • Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping

  • Ronnie:" I guess I'm okay with that.But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here. Will:" I figured." Ronnie" And not a lot of beach volleyball,either. Especially in January." Will" I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices." Ronnie."Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy Your time.

  • I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and 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.

  • everyone - you included - is on her best behavior in the beginning of a relationship. Sometimes little quirks turn out to be big ones, and the big advantage that women have - sometimes the only advantage - is their intuition.

  • In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it gets made or gets purchased.

  • I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.

  • I gave you the best of me.

  • you might not understand but i gave you the best of me...

  • I gave you the best of me, he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd exactly done that.

  • You have the Best Of Me....

  • 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." He hesitated searching for the right words. "You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

  • He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq." She felt her pulse pick up tempo, and she brought her face close to Ben's. "Did you say Victor called it a lucky charm?" "Uh-huh." Ben nodded. "That's what he said." "Are you sure?" "Of course I'm sure." Beth stared at her son, feeling at war with herself.

  • In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

  • I suppose [my life] has most resembled a blue chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy, and I've learned that not everyone can say that about his life.

  • Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible.

  • The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it...

  • How're the Broncos doing?" "Like a bunch of carrots." "Is that bad?" "Can carrots play baseball?" "I guess not." "Then you have your answer.

  • As they spoke, the only thing I could think about was that scene from Julius Caesar where Brutus stabs him in the back. Et tu, Eric?

  • I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.

  • Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.

  • Love is Love no matter old you are, and I knew if I gave you enough time, you'd come back to me.

  • Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone.

  • I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough..

  • Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.

  • Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in that sense, novels are easier because you don't have to answer to anyone. And then, you go into something like film and there are more cooks in the kitchen, so to speak.

  • No buts," he said, "because there are none. You see yourself as someone who couldn't get away. I see the courageous woman who escaped. You see yourself as someone who should be ashamed or guilty because she let it happen. I see a kind, beautiful woman who should feel proud because she stopped it from happening ever again. Not many women have the strength to do what you did..

  • I have a crush on your mind, I fell for your personality and your looks are just a big bonus.

  • Every girl is beautiful. Sometimes it just takes the right guy to see it.

  • Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person, how beautiful it will be when the right person comes along.

  • Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?

  • I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

  • No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

  • The saddest people I've met in my life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all .

  • And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.

  • Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't easy for me to accept this simple truth, because there was a time when our stories were the same, but that was six years and two lifetimes ago.

  • I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me growing up, and when they did happen, they often struck me as lifeless, something he did because he felt he was supposed to, not because he wanted to.

  • Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty nails and diamond rings. They're not made for paint rollers and paint splatter and that kind of manual labor.

  • Quote of the day: The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go... By: Nicholas Sparks

  • I want to wake up with you beside me in the mornings. I want to spend my evenings looking at you across the dinner table. I want to share every mundane detail of my day with you and hear every detail of yours. I want to laugh with you and fall asleep with you in my arms.

  • That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she'd let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there were times when she felt hideously ugly, as though the scars that had been left behind were visible to everyone.

  • The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last.

  • I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again.

  • An ordinary beginning, something that would have been forgotten had it been anyone but her. But as he shook her hand and met those striking emerald eyes, he knew before he'd taken his next breath that she was the one he could spend the rest of his life looking for but never find again. She seemed that good, that perfect, while a summer wind blew through the trees.

  • Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once too, back when she was eighteen. But she knew that love was messy, just like life. It took turns that people couldn't foresee or even understand, leaving a long trail of regret in its wake. And almost always, those regrets led to the kinds of what if questions that could never be answered.

  • love wasn't possible in just a couple of days. Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into something strong and enduring. Love was, above all, about commitment and dedication and a belief that spending years with a certain person would create something greater than the sum of what the two can accomplish separately.

  • It's the first line in your book. I always thought there was a lot of truth in that. Or maybe that's what my English teacher said. I can't really remember. I read it last semester." - Your parents must be so proud you can read." - They are. They bought me a pony and everything when I did a book report on Cat in the Hat.

  • ...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.

  • because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .

  • 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...

  • Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.

  • I dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.

  • All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.

  • But most of all, what really attracted me to her was her manner. She laughed a lot, and it's easy to fall for someone who can find humor in any situation. She was also intelligent, well read, and well spoken, willing to listen and confident in her beliefs. And most of all, she was warm.

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