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Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

Nicholas Sparks
Break Out, Each Day, Examination

Without love of something I don't know if you can have a meaningful life at all.

Nicholas Sparks
Meaningful, Knows, Without Love

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

Nicholas Sparks
Book, Writing, Focus

I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.

Nicholas Sparks
Country, Writing, People
The Book Reporter Interview, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

there were moments in life when violence was necessary to save lives

Nicholas Sparks
Violence, Moments, Save A Life

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.

Nicholas Sparks
Grateful, Loss, Journey

Mike, however, heard nothing at all. Lost in her breathlike touch, he knew only one thing for sure: In the instant their lips first met, there was a flicker of something almost electrical that made him believe the feeling would last forever.

Nicholas Sparks
Believe, Forever, Feelings
FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jan 08, 2014

I gave you the best of me.

Nicholas Sparks
Best Of Me

You were the best friend I ever had, Allie. I'd still like to be friends, even if you are engaged, and even if it is just for a couple of days.

Nicholas Sparks
Couple, Stills, Engaged

And here it will end, one way or the other," she whispered again

Nicholas Sparks
Way, Ends, One Way
Nicholas Sparks (2011). “The Notebook”, p.22, Hachette UK

I don't know. I really don't. While I was in the living room, I kept asking myself what I really wanted in life." She squeezed his hand. "And do you know what the answer was? The answer was that I wanted two things. First, I want you. I want us. I love you and I always have.

Nicholas Sparks
Love You, Hands, Two

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Tragedy, Stories
The Book Reporter Interview, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

Nicholas Sparks
Perseverance, Successful, Agents

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

Nicholas Sparks
Wedding, Book, Wife

Sometimes my grief is overwhelming, and even though I understand that we will never see each other again, there is a part of me that wants to hold on to you forever.

Nicholas Sparks
Grief, Forever, Want

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

Nicholas Sparks
Valentines Day, Missing Someone, Thinking
Twitter post from Mar 07, 2017

But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.

Nicholas Sparks
Believe, Eye, Hands

If hers are the stars in the nighttime sky, mine are the haunted empty spaces in between.

Nicholas Sparks
Stars, Sky, Space

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.

Nicholas Sparks
Beautiful, Mean, Heart

She laughed, and the sound was so melodic that I knew I wanted to hear it again.

Nicholas Sparks
Sound, Wanted, Laughed
Nicholas Sparks (2010). “Dear John”, p.30, Hachette UK

After dinner, I become afraid despite myself. I know I should be joyous, for this reunion is the proof that love can still be ours, but I know the bell has tolled this evening. The sun has long since set and the thief is about to come, and there is nothing I can do to stop it. So I stare at her and wait and live a lifetime in these last remaining moments.

Nicholas Sparks
Long, Waiting, Thieves
Nicholas Sparks (2014). “The Notebook: Student edition”, p.159, Hachette UK

No buts," he said, "because there are none. You see yourself as someone who couldn't get away. I see the courageous woman who escaped. You see yourself as someone who should be ashamed or guilty because she let it happen. I see a kind, beautiful woman who should feel proud because she stopped it from happening ever again. Not many women have the strength to do what you did.

Nicholas Sparks
Beautiful, Proud, Courageous

I have seldom been described as shy.

Nicholas Sparks
Shy, Shyness
Interview with Jennifer Levitsky, www.bookreporter.com. April 28, 1998.

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.

Nicholas Sparks
Struggle, Moving, Writing

I don't write romance novels.

Nicholas Sparks
Writing, Romance, Novel
Interview with Jana Siciliano, www.bookreporter.com. September 28, 2001.

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