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This reads as a hard argument for personal responsibility, even when it creates pain for people close to you. It can be taken to mean that choosing honestly for yourself is sometimes kinder than pretending to please everyone, especially in a family decision, a breakup, or a career move that not everyone supports.
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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
At First Sight
2006
The Best of Me
2012
Two by Two
2016
Dear John
2006