“Love
is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or
conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It dose not take offense and is not
resentful. Love take no pleasure in others people's sins, but delights in the
truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever
comes.” – Nicholas Sparks
The feeling of love is something
that can’t be embodied in a sentence. It cannot be defined in a dictionary with
one clear meaning. It’s a feeling in your heart that has the possibility of
changing your entire life. In another extraordinary quote from Nicholas Sparks,
“Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” Every love is
different. But, all love can be the same if you do it in the way Sparks
describes.
My life has been very fulfilling
and beautiful and I am very blessed with the family I have. I have been
surrounded with love my entire life from my brother and my parents. But, at a
young age, my parents divorced. I will never resent them for this decision, for
they are still best friends today. It wasn’t messy and it didn’t damage the
family in any way. The one thing their divorce did do was affected my character
and morals in a positive way. I view love entirely different than most people
my age do. From this experience, my definition of love aligns with Sparks. Love
is forever. I know my parents didn’t set out to get divorced 13 years down the
road, but I do not believe they did everything they could to preserve it. This
showed me to be patient and nurture your love. It also showed me to never
settle until the love you want. Love is about embracing their flaws instead of
pointing out their faults. It is about putting in the work and appreciating the
outcome. It is giving, receiving and accepting. Love is all the things I
believe, Sparks believes and then some.
Nicholas Sparks is one of my
favorite authors. He is always capturing his audience in the most amazing way
possible. Any time I read one of his novels, I can’t put it down. I find myself
reading through the nights, caught up in the characters and how relatable they
are to real lives. Even though the words he writes are a beauty in itself, the
construction of the words is just as important as the meaning. Love is a noun
or a verb. It is not something that can be patient, kind or delight in the
truth. In this way, Sparks is giving love the personifications of a person that
can feel the way humans do. Yes, love is between two people who feel these
kinds of emotions, but not the word itself. I think that makes this quote so
strong because it gives raw meaning to the thought of love. Another technique
Sparks uses is anaphora, the repetition of a word at the beginning of the
sentence. It keeps coming back to love. Using the same word again, I believe,
adds more to the readers thought because it is always reemphasizing the meaning
of love. Lastly, the words are also organized in a precise way that makes the
language beautiful. When I read these words on the page, I feel chills from the
euphony Sparks uses in his writing. The words together form a beautiful phrase
that is remembered by millions of his readers. If there was one person on earth
who could attempt to describe love in the best way, it will always be Nicholas
Sparks.
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