--- title: "4 Left behind Quotes By Nicholas Sparks" description: "4 Left behind quotes by Nicholas Sparks. Plus more from Nicholas Sparks and more Left behind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/nicholas-sparks-93_inevitably_even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-o_505262.jpg" --- > [“Even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has something good—and bad—to offer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-ones-will-inevitably-take/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/nicholas-sparks-93_inevitably_even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-o_505262.jpg) > [“It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. Teaches them that even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/it-s-hard-at-times-but-it-makes-a-kid-strong-in-ways-that-most-people-2/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/399/nicholas-sparks-93_adversity_it-s-hard-at-times-but-it-makes-a-kid-st_1134156.jpg) > [That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/that-was-the-dirty-secret-associated-with-her-past-not-that-she-d/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/112/nicholas-sparks-93_behinds_that-was-the-dirty-secret-associated-wit_2187233.jpg) > [Friends come and go, clothing is packed and unpacked, households are continually purged of unnecessary items, and as a result, not much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/friends-come-and-go-clothing-is-packed-and-unpacked-households-are/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/nicholas-sparks-93_behinds_friends-come-and-go-clothing-is-packed-a_2900332.jpg) ## Other authors on Left behind - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/haruki-murakami/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-green-51499.jpg) John Green 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/john-green/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michelle-alexander-67636.jpg) Michelle Alexander 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/michelle-alexander/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carlos-ruiz-zafon-21137.jpg) Carlos Ruiz Zafon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/carlos-ruiz-zafon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sarah-dessen-83191.jpg) Sarah Dessen 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/sarah-dessen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jonathan-safran-foer-52978.jpg) Jonathan Safran Foer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/jonathan-safran-foer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/jodi-picoult/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephenie-meyer-87156.jpg) Stephenie Meyer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/stephenie-meyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/paulo-coelho/) - [Jerry B. Jenkins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/jerry-b-jenkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeanette-winterson-48151.jpg) Jeanette Winterson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/jeanette-winterson/) ## More by Nicholas Sparks > [“What's the best thing about being in college? Good teachers. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/what-s-the-best-thing-about-being-in-college-good-teachers-they/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [“Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold… the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/nothing-is-ever-lost-nor-can-be-lost-the-body-aged-sluggish-cold-the/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/i-m-sure-you-think-that-i-don-t-understand-what-you-re-going-through/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [“You weren't out there that long, were you? I can't bear to think that no one found you right away." Noah shook his head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/you-weren-t-out-there-that-long-were-you-i-can-t-bear-to-think-that/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [“And in your smile, I will live forever”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/and-in-your-smile-i-will-live-forever/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [When we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy, and I wasn't sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/when-we-first-met-i-didn-t-want-to-get-involved-with-anyone-i-didn-t/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [“There is something terrible in the moments after waking up, when the subconscious knows that something terrible has happened but before all the memories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/there-is-something-terrible-in-the-moments-after-waking-up-when-the/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/there-is-nothing-like-love-you-should-try-it-thibault-shrugged-maybe/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [“more time she’d spent with him, the more convinced she became that he was by far the sexiest guy she’d ever met. Who else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/more-time-she-d-spent-with-him-the-more-convinced-she-became-that-he/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re not with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/dear-john-tell-me-everything-write-it-all-down-that-way-we-ll-be-with/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [You were spying on us?" "It was kind of hard not to. You were right there by the workshop with Will. it looked like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/you-were-spying-on-us-it-was-kind-of-hard-not-to-you-were-right-there/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/there-are-lots-of-real-men-out-there-men-who-could-fall-in-love-with/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/nothing-wonderful-lasted-forever-joy-was-as-fleeting-as-a-shooting/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [He put his arms around her. “Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?” She sighed. “I suppose.” “You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/he-put-his-arms-around-her-well-in-my-defense-then-whatever-i-did/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) > [I don't know. I really don't. While I was in the living room, I kept asking myself what I really wanted in life." She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/i-don-t-know-i-really-don-t-while-i-was-in-the-living-room-i-kept/) [Nicholas Sparks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-sparks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-behind/nicholas-sparks/#itemlist", "name": "4 Left behind Quotes By Nicholas Sparks", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has something good—and bad—to offer.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicholas Sparks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-sparks/even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-ones-will-inevitably-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/nicholas-sparks-93_inevitably_even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-o_505262.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/nicholas-sparks-93_inevitably_even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-o_505262.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dd/nicholas-sparks-93_inevitably_even-though-people-are-left-behind-new-o_505262.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitably take their place; that every place has…” — Nicholas Sparks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can't understand. 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