I had no regrets about the way I'd turned out. Regrets about the journey, maybe, but not the destination.

—Nicholas Sparks in Dear John

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About Nicholas Sparks

Portrait of Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He has published 24 novels, 16 of which are New York Times bestsellers, and two works of nonfiction, with over 130 million copies sold worldwide (92 million in the U.S. alone) in more than 50...

More quotations from Nicholas Sparks

Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?

—Nicholas Sparks in A Walk to Remember

You aren't just someone I loved back then. You were my best friend, my best self, and I can't imagine giving that up again. You might not understand, but I gave you the best of me, and after you left, nothing was ever the same.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

I knew you wouldn't let anything happen to me. I always felt safe when you were around.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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Experience has taught me that fate is sometimes cruel and that even a boatload of hope is sometimes not enough.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Longest Ride

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People rarely understand that nothing is ever exactly what you think it will be.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Longest Ride

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What is more beautiful than a road? It is the symbol and the image of an active, varied life.

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The end is nothing, the road is all.

—Willa Cather

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If you can look at yourself without condemning what you see, without comparing yourself with somebody else, without wishing to be more beautiful or more virtuous; if you can just observe what you are and move with it, then you will find that it is possible to go infinitely far. Then there is no end to the journey, and that is the mystery, the beauty of it.

—Jiddu Krishnamurti in Think on These Things

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