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Isaac Newton can give us more electricity, but he can't give us m... PAUL SAMUELSON Belief has the power to change your inner state and your outer world. JOHN PAUL WARREN Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China ... ANCHEE MIN How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C. Nicolas Cage is the best for taking the role of character Joker. He is pretty damn good at jokes! DEYTH BANGER What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't thi... CAROL BURNETT Beauty fades, but knowledge is eternal ANDREW FAIRCHILD Don't settle for a normal life. Not when you can enjoy the wonderful weirdness of being who God crea... CRAIG GROESCHEL People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of th... 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NICHOLAS SPARKS It took me a long time to realize that distance can ruin even the best of intentions. NICHOLAS SPARKS Distance can ruin even the best of intentions. But I suppose it depends on how you look a... NICHOLAS SPARKS Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief. NICHOLAS SPARKS I don't want to lose you.' His voice almost a whisper. Seeing his haggard expression, she took his h... NICHOLAS SPARKS They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it NICHOLAS SPARKS It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any oth... NICHOLAS SPARKS The past was gone and the future had yet to unfold, and he knew he should focus his life on the pres... NICHOLAS SPARKS For a moment, I wondered how different my life would have been had they been my parents, but I shook... NICHOLAS SPARKS It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine h... NICHOLAS SPARKS She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration... NICHOLAS SPARKS I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we wer... NICHOLAS SPARKS The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. P... NICHOLAS SPARKS And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the ... NICHOLAS SPARKS The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over. NICHOLAS SPARKS I love you more than there are stars in the sky and fish in the sea. NICHOLAS SPARKS 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 Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it. NICHOLAS SPARKS Aren't you frightened?" Somehow I expected her to say no, to say something wise like a grownup... NICHOLAS SPARKS Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Jamie: Please don't pretend like you know me, ok? Landon: But I do, I do. We've had all the sam... NICHOLAS SPARKS Jamie: You're acting like a crazy person, what's going on? Landon: Right now, you're straddling... NICHOLAS SPARKS She was, in other words, the kind of girl who made the rest of us look bad, and whenever she glanced... NICHOLAS SPARKS You're a wonderful person, Jamie. You're beautiful, you're kind, you're gentle...you're everything t... NICHOLAS SPARKS Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT m... NICHOLAS SPARKS Dean: If there is a greater power, why is it he can't get you a new sweater? Jamie: Because, he... NICHOLAS SPARKS You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't. NICHOLAS SPARKS I might kiss you. I might be bad at it. That's not possible. NICHOLAS SPARKS It all made perfect sense, and at the same time, nothing seemed to make sense at all. NICHOLAS SPARKS A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never l... NICHOLAS SPARKS What's your heart telling you to do? I don't know.' Maybe, you're trying too hard to hear ... NICHOLAS SPARKS I know the Lord has a plan for us all, but sometimes, I just don't understand what the message can b... NICHOLAS SPARKS Jamie: You know what I figured out today? Landon: What? Jamie: Maybe God has a bigger plan... NICHOLAS SPARKS It was, I remembered thinking, the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk... NICHOLAS SPARKS The problem isn't finding out where you are gonna go-its figuring out what you are gonna do once you... NICHOLAS SPARKS I may be irresponsible but I am a good irresponsible. NICHOLAS SPARKS Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do? NICHOLAS SPARKS You have to promise you won't fall in love with me. NICHOLAS SPARKS i'm sorry she never got her miracle. she did get her miracle, Landon, her miracle was you. NICHOLAS SPARKS There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have ... NICHOLAS SPARKS First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned. NICHOLAS SPARKS