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It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

Nicholas Sparks
Moving On, Growing Up, Memories
Nicholas Sparks (2013). “True Believer”, p.75, Hachette UK

There are guys who grow up thinking they'll settle down some distant time in the future, and there are guys who are ready for marriage as soon as they meet the right person. The former bore me, mainly because they're pathetic; and the latter, frankly are hard to find.

Nicholas Sparks
Growing Up, Thinking, Guy
Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.131, Hachette UK

She couldn't think of anyone else who remotely resembled him. He was complicated, almost contradictory in so many ways, yet simple, a strangely erotic combination. On the surface he was a country boy, home from war, and he probably saw himself in those terms. Yet there was so much more to him. Perhaps it was the poetry that made him different, or perhaps it was the values his father had instilled in him, growing up. Either way, he seemed to savor life more fully than others appeared to, and that was what had first attracted her to him.

Nicholas Sparks
Country, Growing Up, Father

Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much sticks. it's hard at times but it makes a kid strongs in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has something good and bad to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.

Nicholas Sparks
Growing Up, Kids, People
FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Apr 07, 2011

Women want the fairytale. Not all women, of course, but most women grow up dreaming about the kind of man who would risk everything for them, even knowing they might get hurt.

Nicholas Sparks
Dream, Hurt, Growing Up
FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jul 14, 2011

Spending time with you just feels...right,somehow. Easy, like the way it's supposed to be. Like it is with my parents. They're just comfortable together, and I remember growing up thinking that one day I wanted to have that, too.

Nicholas Sparks
Growing Up, Thinking, Parent
Nicholas Sparks (2010). “Dear John”, p.71, Hachette UK

I don't hate it here," she said automatically. Surprising herself, she realized that as much as she'd been trying to convince herself otherwise, she was telling the truth. "It's just that I don't belong here." He gave her a meloncholy smile. "If it's any consolation, when I was growing up, I didn't feel like I belonged here, either. I dreamed about going to New York. But it's strange, because when I finally escaped this place, I ended up missing it more than I thought I would. There's something about the ocean that just calls to me.

Nicholas Sparks
New York, Growing Up, Hate
Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.113, Hachette UK

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.

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

That's the thing about being the product of happily marries parents, You grow up thinking the fairy tale is real, and more than that, you think you're entitled to live it. So far, though, it wasn't working out as planned.

Nicholas Sparks
Growing Up, Real, Thinking
"The Choice". Book by Nicholas Sparks, September 24, 2007.

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