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By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

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Nicholas Sparks
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
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As I write, I am struggling with the ghost of someone I loved and lost. I now understand more fully the difficulties you were going through, and I realize how painful it must have been for you to move on.
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And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.
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Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.
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Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him.
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Nothing is really lost or can be lost, No birth, identity, form--no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing... The body, sluggish, aged , cold--the embers left from early fires, ...shall duly flame again
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As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, then up to the ceiling and around the room, doing my best to keep my composure, then back to Jamie again. She smiled at me and I smiled at her and all I could do was wonder how I’d ever fallen in love with a girl like Jamie Sullivan.
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As hard as it was, as terrible and unfair as the way things turned out, i wouldn't have traded the few days i spent with him for anything
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You don't feel the need to talk all the time, do you, she said. He smiled. No. Most people don't know how to appreciate silence. They can't help talking. I talk, I just want to have something to say first.
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I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
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It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.
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No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John
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I cry to you, my Lord, my rock! Do not be deaf to me, for if you are silent, I shall go down to the pit like the rest. Hear my voice raised in petition as I cry to you for help, as I raise my hands, my Lord, toward your holy of holies.
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I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.
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Love burns across the infinitude.
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I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy.
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and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her
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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.
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What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
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