Were all first loves like that? Somehow she doubted it; even now it struck her as being more real than anything she'd ever known. Sometimes it saddened her to think that she'd never experience that kind of feeling again, but then life had a way of stamping out that intensity of passion; she'd learned all too well that love wasn't always enough.

—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

Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible.

—Nicholas Sparks

You made me happy and you made me laugh, and if I could do it all over again, I would not hesitate. Look at our life, at the trips we took, the adventures we had. As your father used to say, we shared the longest ride together, this thing called life, and mine has been filled with joy because of you.

—Nicholas Sparks in The Longest Ride

Everything around me makes me miss you.

—Nicholas Sparks in Dear John

Love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be.

—Nicholas Sparks in Dear John

We'd met at a carefree time, a moment full of promise; in its place now were the harsh lessons of the real world.

—Nicholas Sparks in Dear John

reality time carefreeness

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