Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparksis an American novelist, screenwriter and producer. He has published eighteen novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film with multimillion-dollar box office grosses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 December 1965
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm 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.
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My life? It isn't easy to explain. It has not been the rip-roaring spectacular I fancied it would be, but neither have I burrowed with the gophers. I suppose it has most resembled the 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 this about their lives. But do not be misled. 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 have loved someone with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
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I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.
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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.
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Life, I've learned, is never fair. If they teach anything in schools, that should be it.
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I've learned that we're all entitled to have our secrets.
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I've learned that memories can have a physical, almost living presence.
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I've learned to keep my mind open to ideas from any source.
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I wrote the first five pages last because I knew those would take a lot of time and had to be perfect to get the attention of an agent right away.
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I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE had to be told in third person to be effective.
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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.
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We attempt to be accepting of others. Sometimes we aren't, but at least we try.
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You know, I do do the laundry in my house!