Nicholas Sparks is divorcing, fans are convinced love is dead

FANS of The Notebook and Dear John are convinced love is dead after author Nicholas Sparks announced he is splitting from his wife of 25 years. Here’s what they are saying.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in 2004 film The Notebook. movies scene actor actress rowing boat

LOVE is dead — at least, according to Nicholas Sparks fans.

On Tuesday, Sparks, the wordsmith behind The Notebook and A Walk To Remember, announced that he and wife Cathy are divorcing after 25 years of marriage.

“This is, of course, not a decision we’ve made lightly,” Sparks told People. “We remain close friends with deep respect for each other and love for our children. For our children’s sake, we regard this as a private matter.”

In this photo taken on Feb. 21, 2012, Nicholas Sparks, right, and his wife, Cathy pose inside their Trent Woods, N.C. home. The marriage of Nicholas Sparks appears headed for an unhappy ending. Spokeswoman Jill Fritzo of PMK-BNC confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, that the best-selling author and screenwriter had separated from his wife of 25 years, Cathy. Sparks, 49, said in a statement issued through Fritzo that the decision was not "made lightly" and that he and his wife "remain close friends." (AP Photo/The New Bern Sun Journal, Chuck Beckley)

It wasn’t news that fans of the best-selling author took lightly, either. Many on Twitter were shocked; how could the man whose beautiful mind gave us the timeless, sweeping love story of Noah and Allie fall prey to something as humdrum, something so un-Nicholas Sparks-ian as divorce?

Some waxed poetic about the end of romance:

I might have lost all faith in romance in this very moment upon hearing that Nicholas Sparks recently got a divorce

— Arianna (@AriannaGrace) January 6, 2015

Some blamed the split on the new year. (Damn you, 2015.)

Nicholas Sparks have separated from his wife? wtf is wrong with you 2015?

— the woods are lovely (@marythequeenie) January 6, 2015

Some wondered why Sparks didn’t do a better job of showing his love in some Nick Sparks-esque way. Like, why didn’t the dude just sweep his lady off her feet for one of those sloppy lift-and-sit kisses in the rain? Why didn’t they stargaze in a cemetery until their love came back to life?

Nicholas Sparks and his wife got a divorce. Like what? If you can write about great love then you should be able to show it.

— Olivia Jackson (@MachoGurlOlivia) January 6, 2015

Some questioned how we, as a people, could ever again trust the words he’s written.

Nicholas Sparks and his wife are separating. I don't even know how to process trusting his love stories anymore

— Leigh Elizabeth (@LeeEliz) January 6, 2015

How can we trust Nicholas Sparks anymore?

— Evelyn Curry (@EvelynCurry) January 6, 2015

And some? Some gave up entirely.

If Nicholas Sparks is divorcing his wife there's no hope for any of us.

— Stacey Farber (@StaceyFarber) January 6, 2015

Nicholas Sparks getting divorced is tragic....if the master of love stories can't keep his wifey around, we are all doomed

— gab (@gaaabrielllaaa) January 6, 2015

RIP love.

This article was written by Brittany Wong from Huffington Post and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.

Originally published as Nicholas Sparks is divorcing, fans are convinced love is dead