"None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone."― Nicholas Sparks Topic(s): PositiveMore From Nicholas Sparks"Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.""I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.""I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn’t marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels."More In Positive"A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church’s healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That’s good, it’s all positive."― Roger Mahony"To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world – that I am able to change it in positive ways."― Maxine Hong Kingston"There’s a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination."― Jeb Bush