This is strictly vanity. All in good fun. Nicholas Sparks is a guy who ventured into a field traditionally dominated by women. He writes about love and romance with incredible feeling. All of his novels and movies so far have a Southern small town charm/Flyover Country setting to them. To you, do they celebrate romantic love or focus on teary schmaltz. It seems the theme is about doomed lovers finding a lasting love. Maybe that's why people cry on finishing the book or leaving the theater after having seen a movie.