Quotes from Message in a Bottle

Nicholas Sparks ·  342 pages

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“Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“If you like her, if she makes you happy, and if you feel like you know her---then don't let her go.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“Someday you'll find someone special again. People who've been in love once usually do. It's in their nature.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



“Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.
I love you, T.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“But because they didn't see each other very often, their relationship had more ups and downs than either of them had experienced before. Since everything felt right when they were together, everything felt wrong when they weren't. ”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“I know that somehow, every step I took since the moment I could walk was a step towards finding you.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



“If you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“But even though she was attractive, there was something else about her that caught his eye. She was intelligent, he could sense that right away, and confident, too, as if she were able to move through life on her own terms. To him, these were the things that really mattered. Without them, beauty was nothing.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together...”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



“That initial anger she had felt turned to sadness, and now it had become something else, almost a dullness of sorts. Even though she was constantly in motion, it seemed as if nothing special ever happened to her anymore. Each day seemed exactly like the last, and she had trouble differentiating among them.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why--out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved--I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“It is at moments like these that I know my what my purpose is in life. I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return.I am here because there is no other place to be.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world, however, men like that simply didn't exist.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



“She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhere. I am all these things, and I am nothing at all. This, my darling, is my life without you. I long for you to show me how to live again.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“Theresa, I know there's a part of you that believes you can change someone, but the reality is that you can't. You can change yourself, and Garrett can change himself, but you can't do it for him.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



“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.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“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, quote from Message in a Bottle


“I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“I watch with breaking heart as you slowly fade away”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle


“Love is Love no matter old you are, and I knew if I gave you enough time, you'd come back to me.”
― Nicholas Sparks, quote from Message in a Bottle



About the author

Nicholas Sparks
Born place: in Omaha, Nebraska, The United States
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