Letter In A Bottle Quotes

• The ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Song, Ocean, Singing

  "Message in a Bottle". Book by Nicholas Sparks, 1998.

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• 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

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• 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

  Night, Way, Return

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

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• I suppose life is a little like that, isn't it, a message in a bottle pitched out to sea, to be carried by the winds and the tides, washing up on the beaches we could never imagine.

  Gene Tierney

  Life, Wind, Actresses

  "Self-portrait".

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• 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

  Life, Girl, Real

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.52, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Live Life, Important, Ambitious

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.99, Hachette UK

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• Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.

  Charles Simic

  Perspective, Ships, Bottles

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• 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

  Blow, Destiny, Wind

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• 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

  Falling In Love, Hurt, Taken

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Aug 05, 2011

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• 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

  Regret, Feelings, Might

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• I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless him.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Hurt, Destiny, Realizing

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• 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

  Anger, Sadness, Special

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.19, Hachette UK

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• Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Marriage, Real, Commitment

  Nicholas Sparks (2009). “The Last Song”, p.166, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Love Is, Matter, Enough Time

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• I watch with breaking heart as you slowly fade away

  Nicholas Sparks

  Heart, Watches, Message In A Bottle

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.25, Hachette UK

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• I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love You, Arms, Message In A Bottle

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• Do you want Columbus to go across the ocean, or do you want to put a message in a bottle and hope that it lands somewhere? I'd rather have actual people be there. Whether they look like Americans or like the inhabitants of some other country, depends on who has the most drive.

  Kevin J. Anderson

  Country, Ocean, Land

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• 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

  Sleep, Car, Purpose

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

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• True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, Missing Someone, Real

  Twitter post from Aug 21, 2015

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• Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Change, People, Rolling Along

  "Message in a Bottle". Book by Nicholas Sparks, April 1, 1998.

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• 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

  Love, Grief, Grieving

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 01, 2011

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• It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Disappointment, Kids, Parenting

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• Someday you'll find someone special again. People who've been in love once usually do. It's in their nature.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Love, People, Special

  Twitter post from Mar 16, 2014

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• 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, Like Her, Like You

  Twitter post from May 10, 2012

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• 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

  Relationship, Believe, Reality

  Nicholas Sparks (2011). “Message In A Bottle”, p.164, Hachette UK

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