Change isn't always for the best.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Best of Me

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

Spending time with you showed me what I've been missing in my life. The more time we spent together, the more I could imagine it lasting in the future. That's never happened to me before, and I'm not sure it'll ever happen again. I've never been in love with anyone before you came along—not real love anyway… not like this. And I'd be a fool if I let you slip away without a fight.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Choice

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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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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More quotations tagged with “change”

There's no going back from what happened. You can go back and understand the past, but you can't go back and change it.

—Dana Reinhardt in Harmless

You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.

—Eric Roth in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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And that is how change happens. One gesture. One person. One moment at a time.

—Libba Bray in The Sweet Far Thing

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I can feel my life changing and I'm not ready.

—Jennifer Elisabeth

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What we call 'Progress' is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

—Havelock Ellis

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