Two by Two Quotes

“If it comes, let it come. If it stays, let it stay. If it goes, let it go.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I love autumn", Emily said to me. "It wins you over with its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“Guilt, in other words, isn’t always wasted. It can keep us from making the same mistake twice.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I wish I could simply forgive myself and move on, but then again, if I really wanted to change, why didn’t I?”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“Because counseling isn’t about changing someone else. It’s about trying to change yourself.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“It’s about who walks into your life, says ‘I’m here for you,’ and then proves it.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“Here’s what else I’ve learned: Age doesn’t guarantee wisdom, any more than age guarantees intelligence.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“provided a road map for how a real man was supposed to lead his life. Get married. Love your wife and treat her with respect. Have children, and teach them the value of hard work. Do your job. Don’t complain. Remember that family—unlike most of those people you might meet in life—will always be around. Fix what can be fixed or get rid of it. Be a good neighbor. Love your grandchildren. Do the right thing. Good”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“But wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“I don’t think you did anything wrong. It’s just that relationships are hard, and both people have to want them to work.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“Hope might leave me crushed in the end, but losing all hope somehow seemed even worse. I”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I’m not unintelligent, mind you. But wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and in retrospect, I obviously lack many of those traits. Here’s”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I’ve been lucky, for no one should ever be forced to march through life alone.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“I am, however, of the opinion that something has been lost in the process: the simple joy of waking in the morning and having nothing whatsoever to do.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I know that’s not a popular notion—don’t we frequently regard our elders as wise partially because they’re gray and wrinkled?—but lately I’ve come to believe that some people are born with the capacity to become wise while others aren’t, and in some people, wisdom seems to be evident even at a young age. My”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“That’s what parenting is all about. Doing the best you can while being terrified of screwing up. Kids”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“When I was a kid, summers were the most glorious time of life. Because my parents believed in hands-off, free-range parenting, I’d usually be out the door before ten and wouldn’t return until dinner. There were no cell phones to keep track of me and whenever my mom called a neighbor to ask where I was, the neighbor was often just as clueless as to her own child’s whereabouts. In fact, there was only one rule as far as I could tell: I had to be home at half past five, since my parents liked to eat dinner as a family. I can’t remember exactly how I used to spend those days. I have recollections in snapshot form: building forts or playing king of the hill on the high part of the jungle gym or chasing after a soccer ball while attempting to score. I remember playing in the woods, too. Back then, our home was surrounded by undeveloped land, and my friends and I would have dirt-clod wars or play capture the flag; when we got BB guns, we could spend hours shooting cans and occasionally shooting at each other. I spent hours exploring on my bicycle, and whole weeks would pass where I’d wake every morning with nothing scheduled at all. Of course, there were kids in the neighborhood who didn’t lead that sort of carefree existence. They would head off to camp or participate in summer leagues for various sports, but back then, kids like that were the minority. These days, kids are scheduled from morning to night because parents have demanded it, and London has been no exception. But how did it happen? And why? What changed the outlook of parents in my generation? Peer pressure? Living vicariously through a child’s success? Résumé building for college? Or was it simply fear that if their kids were allowed to discover the world on their own, nothing good would come of it? I don’t know. I am, however, of the opinion that something has been lost in the process: the simple joy of waking in the morning and having nothing whatsoever to do.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“At any given time, I am not the whole me; I am but a partial version of myself and each version is slightly different from the others. But each of these versions of me, I now believe, has always had someone by his side. I'd survived the year because I'd been able to march two by two with those I lived the most, and though I've never admitted it to anyone, there are moments, even now, when I feel Marge walking beside me, I'll hear her whisper the answer when I'm confronted with a decision, I'll hear her urging me to lighten up when the world is weighing heavily on me. This is my secret. Or rather it is our secret, and I think to myself that I've been lucky, for no one should ever be forced to march through life alone.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition, and in retrospect, I obviously lack many of those traits.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“There are a lot of people in the world, I think, who could learn a lot from my dad.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“I occasionally find myself aching for the infant and toddler I’d once known and loved. She’s been replaced now with a little girl who has opinions about her hair, asks her mom to paint her nails, and will soon be spending most of her day at school, under the care of a teacher I have yet to meet. These days, I find myself wishing I could turn back the clock so I could more fully experience London’s first five years: I’d work fewer hours, spend more time playing on the floor with her, and share her wonder as she focuses on the flight path of butterflies. I want London to know how much joy she has added to my life and to tell her that I have done the best I could. I want her to understand that even though her mother has always been with her, I have loved her as much as any father could possibly love a daughter.
Why, then, I sometimes wonder, do I feel as if that’s not enough?”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“Guess I’m like an old shoe, huh?” She laughed. “A favorite shoe… maybe. One that always fit just right and you were never able to replace.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“included, amidst a snowfall of more than a foot in a city with only a few snowplows available. By nightfall, the city of”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“From the outside, my life seemed charmed, and I would say as much to anyone who asked. And yet deep down, part of me would also have known that I was lying.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two by Two

“Another shuts down or holds grudges for weeks.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“These days, kids are scheduled from morning to night because parents have demanded it, and London has been no exception.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“wisdom means more than being intelligent, because it encompasses understanding, empathy, experience, inner peace, and intuition,”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“I was IN THE DAMN SHOWER!”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“When I asked her why she loved horror movies so much, she merely shrugged and said that sometimes she liked to be scared. I didn’t get it, any more than I did the allure of rolling around with wheels on your feet. Why would someone want to be scared? Weren’t there more than enough scary things in real life to keep us awake at night? Now, though, I think I understand. Marge liked those films precisely because they weren’t real. Any fright she felt in the course of the film was quantifiable; it would begin, and then it would end, and she would leave the theater, emotionally spent yet relieved that all was well in the world.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two

“You could have moved the hamster cage if you wanted to.” “Do you want me to?” “They’re still kind of noisy at night. They run on that wheel as soon as it gets dark.” “That’s because they’re nocturnal.” She looked at me like I was crazy. “Of course they’re not turtles. They’re hamsters.” “Nocturnal,” I said, slowly enunciating the word. “That means they like to sleep during the day.” “You mean so that they don’t miss me while I’m at school?” I smiled. “Exactly.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Two By Two