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Nicholas Sparks
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Taekwondo Athlete
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Nicholas Charles Sparks
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If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.
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And for just a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.
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Like her father, he wasn't comfortable sharing his thoughts and feelings. She tried to explain that she needed to be closer to him, but it had never seemed to make a difference.
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It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.
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You know how gossip is. It's the toxic waste of small town
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My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I tried to have them published as romances, they'd be rejected. I write dramatic fiction a further sub-genre would classify them as love stories.
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I tend to be pretty efficient with my time. I work on a novel for four to five hours a day, and then the rest of my day is spent doing other things, whether it's spending time with my family, or going through and making notes on the script, or working on the marketing. It's just a matter of scheduling.
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...his wartime experience had taught him to trust his instincts, even though he'd never been sure where they'd come from.
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People hide the truth because they're afraid.
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Richard..., Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. It's beautiful. But... why? I mean, what's the occasion? No occasion. I just saw it and, well... I liked it. Or rather, I thought of you and knew you should have it.
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Women are more attuned to feelings than men are, and if they’re not being truthful, more often than not it’s because they think truth might hurt your feelings. But it doesn’t mean they don’t love you.
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it was important to him that i know who she was, so im glad for that. but it makes me sad too. they loved each other so much, and now she's gone. it doesn't seem fair.
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Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do. -Jo
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Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.
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As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed to do anything you want.
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Without love of something I don't know if you can have a meaningful life at all.
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without music he felt aimless and adrift.
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More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells.
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I might kiss you. I might be bad at it. That's not possible.
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If some lives form a perfect circle, other take shape in ways we cannot predict or always understand. Loss has been part of my journey. But it has also shown me what is precious. So has love for which I can only be grateful.
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