Nicholas Sparks citáty

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„Nie som nikto výnimočný, tým som si istý. Som obyčajný muž s obyčajnými myšlienkami a viedol som obyčajný život. Nikto mi nepostavil sochu a moje meno bude čoskoro zabudnuté. Avšak miloval som inú ľudskú bytosť celým svojím srdcom a dušou, a to je pre mňa dosť.“

„Rozlúčka bolí tak veľmi preto, lebo naše duše sú prepojené.“

„Neviem o tom, že by sa láska menila. Ľudia sa menia. Okolnosti sa menia.“

„Najprv musíte niečo milovať k tomu, aby ste to nenávideli.“

“Kids are people, too, and once they start getting older, they make their own decisions. There's only so much you can do.”

“…having children changes your life like nothing else. It'll be the hardest and best thing you've ever done.”

“Was living together a step toward the future or just a way to continue the present?”

“…people who are grieving have to want to move on--that first step, that motivating spark, has to come from within them. And when it does, it opens the door to the unexpected.”

“…she would fall in love with me again, just like she had a long time ago. And that's the most wonderful feeling in the world. How many people are ever given that chance? To have someone you love fall in love with you over and over?”

“"What's your horse's name?""Horse.""Sophia waited for the joke, but it didn't come. "You call your horse 'Horse'?""He doesn't mind.""You should give him a noble name. Like Prince or Chief or something.""It might confuse him now.""Trust me. Anything is better than Horse. It's like naming a dog Dog.""I have a dog named Dog. Australian Cattle Dog." He turned, his expression utterly matter-of-fact. "Great herder.""And your mom didn't complain?""My mom named him."”

“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 could accomplish separately. Only time, however, could show whether you'd been accurate in your judgment.”

“…suddenly certain that what he was doing now was the sole reason he'd been placed on this earth. To love another. To care for someone else, to help another person, to carry her worries until she was strong enough to carry them on her own. To care for someone unconditionally, for in the end that was what gave life meaning.”

“…people always said that parenting and worrying were synonymous…”

“…She had the rare ability to be exactly what people needed when she was with them and yet still remain true to herself.”

“Our stories are funny because we lived them, and we survived them. The worse the incident was when it was happening, the funnier the story had become to us over the years.”

“You're doing the best you can, right? Isn't that what we always tell each other?”

“It isn't easy living with an author. I know this because my wife has informed me of this fact.”

“He had not only known that I would be coming to see him, I realized, but had anticipated the reason for my visit. And in typical southern fashion, he'd given me the answer to my problem, without my ever having to ask him directly.”

“Her mother had once told her that there were men who kept secrets bottled up inside and that it spelled trouble for the women who loved them.”

“It was the way you looked at me while I looked at the art that changed me. It is you, in other words, who changed.”

“…he had the sense that they were both lonely, albeit in different ways. He was a solitary figure in a vast landscape while she was a face in a nameless crowd.”

“Thinking back, he recalled events he wished he could change, tears he wished had never been shed, time that could have been better spent, and frustrations he should have shrugged off. Life, it seemed, was full of regret, and he yearned to turn back the clock so he could live parts of his live over again. One thing was certain: He should have been a better husband.”

“[Written on back of photograph of Ruth and Daniel]
"Ruth Levinson
Third grade teacher.
She believes in me and I can be anything I want when I grow up.
I can even change the world."”

“I tell Ryan that God gave him a brother like Miles so that Ryan could learn that anything is possible and that he can be good at anything. And I tell Miles that God gave him Ryan so that Miles could learn patience and persistence and how to overcome challeges.”

“He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.'…'Blessed are the lazy who lie in boats, for they shall inherit a suntan.”

“He loved his wife but hated what life with her had become, cursing himself for even thinking this way.”

“Work, spirituality, family, friendships, health--you can't ignore any of them or it'll get you in the end.”

“But trust me when I say that memories are funny things. Sometimes they're real, but other times they change into what we want them to be… But like I said, she's hurting, and if there's one thing I've learned, it's that people in pain don't always see things as clearly as they should… And if it somehow doesn't work out between you, then you've got to understand that you can't look back anymore. It'll destroy you in the end, and destroy her as well. Neither one of you can keep living with regret, because it drains the life right out of you, and the very idea is enough to break my heart.”

“Why? Do you want to rescue me, too, Taylor? … That's what you're trying to do, isn't it? … I appreciate what you're trying to do, but it's not what I need right now. I need to handle this my own way.”

“You know me better than anyone, and you're my best friend. I don't think there's anything you could say to me that would lead me to believe that you're doing it just to hurt me. If there's one thing I've come to know about you, it's that you're not even capable of something like that. Why do you think I like spending time with you so much? Because you're a good guy. A nice guy.”

“While she was exceptional, I was average, a man whose major accomplishment in life was to love her without reservation, and that would never change.”

“Parents might believe themselves to be the bosses, but in the end it was the kids who made the rules.”

“My mom used to tell me that whatever you do, marry someone who loves you more than you love him.”