True Believer Quotes

“When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Life was about spending time together , about having the time to walk together holding hands, talking quietly as the sun go down. It wasn't glamorous, but it was, in many ways, the best that life has to offer. Wasn't that how the old saying went? Who, on their deathbed, ever said they wished they had worked harder? Or spent less time enjoying a quiet afternoon? Or spent less time with their family?”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“I had no choice. Love does funny things to people.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“the description of lust was simple: two people learn they're compatible , attraction grows, and the ancient instinct to preserve the species kicks in.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“In another time and place, she might have felt differently, but thinking along those lines was pointless now.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“maturity meant thinking about risk long before you pondered the reward, and that success and happiness in life were as much about avoiding mistakes as making your mark into the world.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“But if it couldn't be love and it didn't feel like lust, what was it? Like? Did he like her? Of course, he did, but that word didn't capture his feelings, either. It was a little too... vague and soft around the edges. People liked ice cream. People liked to watch television. It meant nothing, and it didn't come close to explaining why, for the first time, he felt the urge to tell someone the truth...”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Men like women who know how to be subtle.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“He wanted to hear her concerns and alleviate them, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and convince her that he would find a way to make their relationship work, no matter how hard that might be. He wanted to to make her hear his words: that he couldn't imagine a life without her,that his feelings for her were real. But most of all, he wanted to reassure himself that she felt the same way about him.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Nothing about this entire scenario made sense. But who cares? Once in a while, everyone was entitled to be a bit flaky, and now it was his turn.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“See, that was the problem in relationships when emotion began muddying the waters. It was as if (Lexie) expected him to do or say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, whatever that was. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Love is always bestowed as a gift!
freely, willingly, and without expectation....
We don't love to be loved, we love to love”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Had she been in town, the two of them would have spent most of the day together, and she didn't want that. Then again, deep down, it was exactly what she wanted, leaving her more confused that she'd been in years. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“One day you're going to learn something that can't be explained with science. And when that happens, your life's going to change in ways you can't imagine.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“You found out who you are and what you want and then you realized that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Love could be set in motion quickly, but true love needed time to grow into something strong and enduring.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and most people will usually do the right thing.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Beauty might prevail in the very short term, but in the medium and longer terms, cultural norms - primarily those values and norms influenced by family - were more important.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“I know you may not believe it, but the last thing I want to do is hurt you or do anything that would make you regret that we’ve met.”
- Jeremy”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“Even his highly emotional Italian mother didn't believe that true love could blossom overnight. Like his brothers and sisters-in-law, she wanted nothing more for him than to marry and start a family, but if he showed up at her doorstep and said that he'd met someone two days ago and knew she was the one for him, his mother would smack him with a broom, curse in Italian, and drag him to church, sure that he had some serious sins that needed confessing.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“You’ve been giving me the full-court press since you got here, and we know what’ll happen if I let you through that door. But you’re leaving. And when you do, I’ll be the one who’s hurt afterward. So why start something you have no intention of finishing?”
- Lexie”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“I'd have to swing by the house first to change into something more comfortable.”
“That's fine,” he said. “I'm all for you changing into something more comfortable.”
“I'll bet you are,” she said knowingly.
“Now, don't start getting fresh,” he said, feigning offense. “I don't think we know each other well enough for that.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“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”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“She was mysterious, and he liked mysteries. Mysteries always lead to surprises...”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer

“So tel me, Mr. Science Journalist, do you still doubt the existence of miracles?"

"I just told you. You're my miracle.”
― Nicholas Sparks, True Believer