“Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn't look away.”

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This reads as a guarded admission that feelings can be real even when the speaker distrusts idealized love stories. It can be taken to mean that attraction does not need a grand theory to be convincing, only a moment that feels unmistakably alive. The line lands in a scene where someone tries to stay skeptical, yet is visibly shaken by a connection they did not expect.

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About Nicholas Sparks

American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer

Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for bestselling popular fiction, and for work that has reached a wide international audience. He has 289 quotes on the site. He has published 24 novels and two works of nonfiction. Sixteen of the novels became New York Times bestsellers, and his books have sold more than 130 million copies worldwide in more than 50 languages. Several of his works, including The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Message in a Bottle, were adapted into feature films, along with eight other books.

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Books by Nicholas Sparks

The Notebook

2004

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At First Sight

2006

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The Best of Me

2012

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Two by Two

2016

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Dear John

2006

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