Nicholas Sparks Quotes

The damage can fester under layers of time and change, and an ignorant, thoughtless remark can easily reopen the wound.

That you were once unkind befriends me now, And for that sorrow, which I then did feel, Needs must I under my transgression bow, Unless my nerves were brass or hammered steel.

I've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.

They hurt you. You hurt 'em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it won't be like it used to 'cause that pain never really goes away.

Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.

I hurt so many people.

There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply.

"O, Mrs. Clennam, Mrs. Clennam," said Little Dorrit, "angry feelings and unforgiving deeds are no comfort and no guide to you and me."

Apologies do make a difference. Believe it or not, research shows people often prefer them over money.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear That which disfigures it.

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

Hurt tends to drown out sorry.

A stiff apology is a second insult... The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.

I'm definitely a crier. I get really emotional if someone's being rude or says something mean about me.

The wounds of love can only be healed by the one who made them.

If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop.

The practice of peace and reconciliation is one of the most vital and artistic of human actions.

I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive. It's a strange truth, but forgiveness is a painful and difficult process. It's not something that happens overnight. It's an evolution of the heart.

I don't know a single person who doesn't regret the things that they did to hurt their parents, or the things they didn't say to them.

I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.

No one really forgives unless he has been hurt.

We went to dinner and healed the wounds, at least to a certain degree. But I hope he understands the hurt he did to me. He put the boot into a pal and I don't think you should do that.