Two by Two

by Nicholas Sparks

wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition,

Age doesn’t guarantee wisdom, any more than age guarantees intelligence.

The only thing that really matters now is learning enough to avoid making the same mistakes again.

But sometimes, the curveballs end up smacking us in the chest and close to the heart, leaving bruises that never seem to heal.

Guilt, in other words, isn’t always wasted. It can keep us from making the same mistake twice.

Hope might leave me crushed in the end, but losing all hope somehow seemed even worse.

sustained happiness isn’t something someone else can deliver. It comes from within.

“When the moon is low in the sky, the light scatters because it has to pass through more layers of the atmosphere than when it’s overhead. By the time the light reaches our eyes, the blue, green, and purple parts of the spectrum have scattered, leaving only yellow, orange, and red visible to us.”

If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.

“It ‘wins you over with its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.’”

Your real problem is that you’re too damn nice for your own good.

Friendship isn’t about how long you know someone. It’s about who walks into your life, says ‘I’m here for you,’ and then proves it.”

There’s no way of knowing. We’ve both been knocked around enough by life to understand how unpredictable life can be.”

‘It’s about someone who walks into your life, says I’m here for you, and then proves it.’”

acceptance is the heart of true love, not judgment. To be fully accepted by another, even in your weakest moment, is to finally feel at rest.