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David Nicholls quotes: Grief is as much about regret for what you've never had as sadness for what you've lost. Grief is as much about regret for what you've never had as sadness for what you've lost.
David Nicholls quotes: Just to gloat at mum and dad's golden girl brought low. But Just to gloat at mum and dad's golden girl brought low. But
David Nicholls quotes: We can just hang out and walk and read and talk and stuff. We can just hang out and walk and read and talk and stuff.
David Nicholls quotes: And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared. And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared.
David Nicholls quotes: Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films. Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films.
David Nicholls quotes: She liked to 'leave dishes to soak', an act of self-deception that I've always abhorred. She liked to 'leave dishes to soak', an act of self-deception that I've always abhorred.
David Nicholls quotes: Dont run before you can walk Dont run before you can walk
David Nicholls quotes: This, I thought, is why we have comfort zones, because they are comfortable. What can possibly be gained by leaving them? This, I thought, is why we have comfort zones, because they are comfortable. What can possibly be gained by leaving them?
David Nicholls quotes: No-one ever built a statue of a critic. No-one ever built a statue of a critic.
David Nicholls quotes: So do you think it's true what they say? About girls liking bastards?''He's not a bastard. He's an idiot.''Do girls like idiots then? So do you think it's true what they say? About girls liking bastards?'
'He's not a bastard. He's an idiot.'
'Do girls like idiots then?
David Nicholls quotes: She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy
David Nicholls quotes: She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts. She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.
David Nicholls quotes: He looks at the glass, almost ritualistically, then drains it, and thinks: not drinking would be so much easier if it wasn't so delicious. He looks at the glass, almost ritualistically, then drains it, and thinks: not drinking would be so much easier if it wasn't so delicious.
David Nicholls quotes: The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet. The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet.
David Nicholls quotes: These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another. These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another.
David Nicholls quotes: The problem with all these fiercely individualistic girls was that they were all exactly the same. The problem with all these fiercely individualistic girls was that they were all exactly the same.
David Nicholls quotes: She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.
David Nicholls quotes: To have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death. To have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death.
David Nicholls quotes: A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck. A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck.
David Nicholls quotes: had put them up to it, perhaps the chefs had put them up to it, perhaps the chefs
David Nicholls quotes: People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else. People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.
David Nicholls quotes: I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember. I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.
David Nicholls quotes: Its almost as if he was raised by wolves, but wolves who knew the value of a decent education. Its almost as if he was raised by wolves, but wolves who knew the value of a decent education.
David Nicholls quotes: ... and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other. ... and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each other.
David Nicholls quotes: And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others
David Nicholls quotes: You can't expect people to build their lives around you You can't expect people to build their lives around you
David Nicholls quotes: And then it was over And then it was over
David Nicholls quotes: Call me or I'll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it's not a competition. You don't lose I you phone first. Call me or I'll call you, but one of us will call, yes? What I mean is it's not a competition. You don't lose I you phone first.
David Nicholls quotes: You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you. You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.
David Nicholls quotes: Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away. Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.
David Nicholls quotes: I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades. I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.
David Nicholls quotes: Then dies, and everything that she thought or felt vanishes and is gone forever. Then
dies, and everything that she thought or felt vanishes and is gone forever.
David Nicholls quotes: The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell. The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell.
David Nicholls quotes: At some point you'll have to get serious about life. At some point you'll have to get serious about life.
David Nicholls quotes: We're not arguing, we're discussing, We're not arguing, we're discussing,
David Nicholls quotes: Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you
David Nicholls quotes: Why can't you just love me? Why can't you just be in love with me? Why can't you just love me? Why can't you just be in love with me?
David Nicholls quotes: She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man
David Nicholls quotes: But how can you not like music? That's the same as not liking food! Or sex! But how can you not like music? That's the same as not liking food! Or sex!
David Nicholls quotes: Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.''It's the most we can hope for. Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.'
'It's the most we can hope for.
David Nicholls quotes: Emotional intelligence, the perfect oxymoron! Emotional intelligence, the perfect oxymoron!
David Nicholls quotes: I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this. I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this.
David Nicholls quotes: And I have a tiny little moment of anxiety, because I can't remember whether or not we're meant to be boycotting mars bars. And I have a tiny little moment of anxiety, because I can't remember whether or not we're meant to be boycotting mars bars.
David Nicholls quotes: Work hard at . . . something. Work hard at . . . something.
David Nicholls quotes: But I've been here in Wolverhampton for two days now and that's felt pretty eternal (though I can reveal that the Pizza Hut But I've been here in Wolverhampton for two days now and that's felt pretty eternal (though I can reveal that the Pizza Hut
David Nicholls quotes: Do you miss her?''Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend. Do you miss her?'
'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.
David Nicholls quotes: Maybe we've grown out of each other. Maybe we've grown out of each other.
David Nicholls quotes: Clearly the key to having a long and successful marriage would be to have a non-lethal heart attack every three months or so Clearly the key to having a long and successful marriage would be to have a non-lethal heart attack every three months or so
David Nicholls quotes: Envy was just the tax you paid on success. Envy was just the tax you paid on success.
David Nicholls quotes: Maybe if you listen to Radio 4 enough from an early age, you just get educated subliminally Maybe if you listen to Radio 4 enough from an early age, you just get educated subliminally
David Nicholls quotes: So? Most people hate their jobs. That's why they're called jobs. So? Most people hate their jobs. That's why they're called jobs.
David Nicholls quotes: No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them. No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.
David Nicholls quotes: I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children. I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.
David Nicholls quotes: It's hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama ... It's hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama ...
David Nicholls quotes: ... and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away. ... and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.
David Nicholls quotes: So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened. So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened.
David Nicholls quotes: You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule. You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule.
David Nicholls quotes: This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today. This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.
David Nicholls quotes: I considered the concept of "oversharing", and what undersharing might be, and whether it was ever possible to settle on something in between. I considered the concept of "oversharing", and what undersharing might be, and whether it was ever possible to settle on something in between.
David Nicholls quotes: He had one of those faces where you were aware of the bones beneath the skin, as if even his bare skull would be attractive. He had one of those faces where you were aware of the bones beneath the skin, as if even his bare skull would be attractive.
David Nicholls quotes: The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left. The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.
David Nicholls quotes: Brian: I love booksProf. Morrison: The contents of books, or just owning a whole load of books? Brian: I love books
Prof. Morrison: The contents of books, or just owning a whole load of books?
David Nicholls quotes: Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun. Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.
David Nicholls quotes: And is that what love looks like all wet mouths and your skirt rucked up?""Sometimes it is. And is that what love looks like
all wet mouths and your skirt rucked up?"
"Sometimes it is.
David Nicholls quotes: This isn't a letter, it's a gift. This isn't a letter, it's a gift.
David Nicholls quotes: Then they kiss again, and she goes to work, and he goes to work, and so the days go by, faster than ever. Then they kiss again, and she goes to work, and he goes to work, and so the days go by, faster than ever.
David Nicholls quotes: Well, in the first flush of love, if someone tells you to read something then you damn well read it [ ... ] Well, in the first flush of love, if someone tells you to read something then you damn well read it [ ... ]
David Nicholls quotes: For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours. For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours.
David Nicholls quotes: Conversation, the gradual unveiling of oneself, one's quirks and characteristics, opinions and beliefs; what a fraught and awkward business that is. Conversation, the gradual unveiling of oneself, one's quirks and characteristics, opinions and beliefs; what a fraught and awkward business that is.
David Nicholls quotes: As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying. As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying.
David Nicholls quotes: I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that. I'm not the consolation prize, Dex. I'm not something you resort to. I happen to think I'm worth more than that.
David Nicholls quotes: Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their Ah, solving that question Brings the priest and the doctor In their
David Nicholls quotes: my digs look as if they've been dug my digs look as if they've been dug
David Nicholls quotes: Though not my field, I was familiar with the notion of alternative realities, but was not used to occupying the one I liked the best. Though not my field, I was familiar with the notion of alternative realities, but was not used to occupying the one I liked the best.
David Nicholls quotes: And not for the first time she felt a reassuring shiver of dislike for him. And not for the first time she felt a reassuring shiver of dislike for him.
David Nicholls quotes: As new dawns go, this one is depressingly like the old dawn. As new dawns go, this one is depressingly like the old dawn.
David Nicholls quotes: Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN
David Nicholls quotes: Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy
David Nicholls quotes: The unrequited love of ones' only living offspring has its own particular slow acid burn The unrequited love of ones' only living offspring has its own particular slow acid burn
David Nicholls quotes: I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely. I've only ever been recognised in the street once. In Sweden, strangely.
David Nicholls quotes: He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph. He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph.
David Nicholls quotes: It's the face itself that I love, not that face at twenty-eight or thirty-four or forty-three. It's that face. It's the face itself that I love, not that face at twenty-eight or thirty-four or forty-three. It's that face.
David Nicholls quotes: At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction. At university, I used to write silly little sketches and monologues, but never fiction.
David Nicholls quotes: Maybe that's just what happens; you start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few jokes. Maybe that's just what happens; you start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few jokes.
David Nicholls quotes: It's rapidly becoming clear that the so-called best years of my life are never going to happen It's rapidly becoming clear that the so-called best years of my life are never going to happen
David Nicholls quotes: Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary
David Nicholls quotes: While there was breath in my body, she would never lack sufficient AA batteries. While there was breath in my body, she would never lack sufficient AA batteries.
David Nicholls quotes: I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.
David Nicholls quotes: [He] didn't like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph. [He] didn't like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.
David Nicholls quotes: Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you.
David Nicholls quotes: Food is the new rock and roll. Food is the new rock and roll.
David Nicholls quotes: I don't think there's anything we can do, is there? We either stop or we carry on. I don't think there's anything we can do, is there? We either stop or we carry on.
David Nicholls quotes: You know, if I ruled the world, which I fully intend to do one day by the way, first thing I'd do ... You know, if I ruled the world, which I fully intend to do one day by the way, first thing I'd do ...
David Nicholls quotes: I'm inclined to think that, after a certain age, our tastes, instincts and inclinations harden like concrete. I'm inclined to think that, after a certain age, our tastes, instincts and inclinations harden like concrete.
David Nicholls quotes: I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time. I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.
David Nicholls quotes: He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best? He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?
David Nicholls quotes: And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago.
David Nicholls quotes: I'm not expressing myself very well - ''Dexter, I understand you perfectly, that's the problem - I'm not expressing myself very well - '
'Dexter, I understand you perfectly, that's the problem -
David Nicholls quotes: You must do what you enjoy. You must do what you enjoy.
David Nicholls quotes: They have started to arrive. An endless cascade of luxuriously quilted envelopes, thumping onto the doormat. The wedding invitations. They have started to arrive. An endless cascade of luxuriously quilted envelopes, thumping onto the doormat. The wedding invitations.

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