Nicholas Sparks Quotes

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.

Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

to comfort any mortal against loneliness, one other is enough.

Sympathy wanting, all is wanting; its personal magnetism is the conductor of the sacred spark that lights our atoms, puts us m human communion, and gives us to company, conversation, and ourselves.

Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company.

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

I talk to Simon, I write to him. I never used to write a diary. But now I'm writing a diary to him. I think it's not just me, but lots of others, family and friends, can still feel him around.

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

I definitely, really appreciate that quality that humans like to show constantly, even without saying anything, that they're with you and they're processing something.

As a species of animal that evolved to make connections and work together, it feels strange to suppress our desire for contact. People enjoy touching each other, and find joy in seeing each other in person - but now we have to keep our physical distance.

I think one needs a companion at some point in life.

I love sharing my life with people.

My passion in life isn't politics. It truly is connecting to people and women.

I try to make really close bonds with people.

I think people come to my music just to feel less lonely.

My mom keeps khabar of everything, so I don't feel lonely.

I became very aware of how important it is to connect with children - possibly for the children, if they're in the mood for that - but certainly for the adults.

Everybody needs somebody sometimes.

Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.

In the end, that's what we all need more than anything else: to be there for each other, in every kind of situation.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.