Nicholas Sparks Quotes

There's the life you live and the life you leave behind. but what you share with someone else - especially someone you love - that's not just how you bury your past. It's how you write you future.

I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.

Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.

My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise among my friends and family.

A relationship isn't just about space; it's about emotion and heart and all those good things.

And I loved this moment for all it's pain...We seemed for a moment like two parts of the same thing.

That night we push our cots just a little closer together, and look into each other's eyes in the moments before we fall asleep. When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds. I smile a little, and let myself go.

And enough for me that when my hand touched your shoulder, you leaned on me; and when you felt me slip away, you called my name.

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.

Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

The best relationships develop out of friendships.

Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.

My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.

We run into some pretty tough arguments sometimes, but the idea is that at the end of the day, my wife and I realize that we'll always be holding each other's hand.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.

I don't think love is a tricky issue at all. Love is best understood when we share: Share time, energy, food, resources, insights, information, whatever. It's usually thought of as something that exists between two people, but that's just because it's easier to see and feel in the space between them. Each person is sharing a lot with the other.

A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.

I think for love to work you have to be with someone who you want to talk to before going to bed at night.

If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.

But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.

The beauty of a relationship is when you get used to a person; it is not sudden. It is just a process, and you don't realise when love happens.

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

The language of friendship is not words but meanings.