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You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

You can't be a writer if you don't write, it's just that simple.

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Writing, Simple, Ifs

I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

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Excellence, Stories, Love Story

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

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Ideas, Plot, Stories
Twitter post from Jan 03, 2013

I call it God Light, because it reminds me of heaven.

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Light, Heaven

We fell in love despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created.

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Love, Notebook, Beautiful
Twitter post from Aug 20, 2012

Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well-but that's only part of what a good book is. Above all, a good book tells a good story. Focus on the story first. Ask yourself, 'Will other people find this story so interesting that they will tell others about it?' Remember: A bestselling book usually follows a simple rule, 'It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told'; not, 'It's a wonderfully told story.'

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Book, Writing, Simple

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

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Interview with Jana Siciliano, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

I love you too, Will Blakelee," she whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

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Love You, Kissing, I Love You Too

I think my dad was happy. I phrase it like this because he seldom showed much emotion. Hugs and kisses wwere a rarity for me growing up, and when they did happen, they often struck me as lifeless, something he did because he felt he was supposed to, not because he wanted to.

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Dad, Growing Up, Kissing
Nicholas Sparks (2010). “Dear John”, p.16, Hachette UK

leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed loved last summer and the young man she still loved now. "I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. and I never stopped thinking about you. even if summers do come and end" she smiled knowing he was telling the truth. "I love you too, Will Blakelee" she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

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Summer, Love You, Eye

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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Way, Unfair, Terrible

At night, when I am alone, I call for you, and whenever my ache seems to be the greatest, you still seem to find a way to return to me.

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Night, Way, Return
Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.24, Hachette UK

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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Important, Gone, Glad

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

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Romance, Would Be, Rejected

Life passes by now like the scenery outside a car window. I breathe and eat and sleep as I always did, but there seems to be no great purpose in my life that requires active participation on my part...I do not know where I am going or when I will get there.

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Sleep, Car, Purpose
Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.59, Hachette UK

Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.

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School, Mean, Gossip
Nicholas Sparks (2000). “A Walk to Remember”, Random House Large Print Publishing

Jamie saved my life. She taught me everything. About life, hope and the long journey ahead. I'll always miss her. But our love is like the wind. I can't see it, but I can feel it." - Landon Carter

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Journey, Love Is, Wind
FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Apr 10, 2014

See, that was the problem in relationships when emotion began muddying the waters. It was as if (Lexie) expected him to do or say exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, whatever that was.

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Water, Relationship Problem, Emotion

A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home

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Home, First Love, Second Chance

When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.

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People, Way, Found

It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen

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True Love, Believe, Two

I know it can't be the same between us, but that doesn't change the way I felt about you then.

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Way, Knows, Felt
Nicholas Sparks (2011). “The Notebook”, p.65, Hachette UK

As compromised as their marriage might be, part of her still believed in her vows. She loved the man he'd been, and she loved the man she knew he could be.

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Love, Men, Age

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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Reading, Writing, Asking Questions

The key to happiness is achievable dreams.

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Dream, Keys, Key To Happiness

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