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Nick Hornby quotes: I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway. I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.
Nick Hornby quotes: So now what? What happens when words fail us? So now what? What happens when words fail us?
Nick Hornby quotes: Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money. Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.
Nick Hornby quotes: I couldn't bear to think about the proper future, so I just tried to make things better for the next twenty minutes or so, over and over again. I couldn't bear to think about the proper future, so I just tried to make things better for the next twenty minutes or so, over and over again.
Nick Hornby quotes: His father fell off a window-ledge. No wonder his mum had cheered up. His father fell off a window-ledge. No wonder his mum had cheered up.
Nick Hornby quotes: In Bruce Springsteen songs, you can either stay and rot, or you can escape and burn. In Bruce Springsteen songs, you can either stay and rot, or you can escape and burn.
Nick Hornby quotes: Can I be a good person and spend that much money on overpriced consumer goods? I don't know. But I do know this: I'd be no good without them. Can I be a good person and spend that much money on overpriced consumer goods? I don't know. But I do know this: I'd be no good without them.
Nick Hornby quotes: Women who disapprove of men - and there's plenty to disapprove of - should remember how we started out, and how far we had to travel. Women who disapprove of men - and there's plenty to disapprove of - should remember how we started out, and how far we had to travel.
Nick Hornby quotes: He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent. He has the personality of a child prodigy, but no discernable talent.
Nick Hornby quotes: I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink? I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink?
Nick Hornby quotes: We can't go on apologizing all our lives, you know. We can't go on apologizing all our lives, you know.
Nick Hornby quotes: There are many differences between a baby and an I-Pod. And one of the biggest is, no ones going to mug you for your baby. There are many differences between a baby and an I-Pod. And one of the biggest is, no ones going to mug you for your baby.
Nick Hornby quotes: The anger was clearly real, though. It was in there, sloshing around, looking for the nearest hole to escape through. The anger was clearly real, though. It was in there, sloshing around, looking for the nearest hole to escape through.
Nick Hornby quotes: You just have to smile and take it, otherwise it would drive you mad. You just have to smile and take it, otherwise it would drive you mad.
Nick Hornby quotes: I really don't want to be boring, and so many books are so boring! I really don't want to be boring, and so many books are so boring!
Nick Hornby quotes: That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself. That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself.
Nick Hornby quotes: Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth. Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.
Nick Hornby quotes: Is that thing actually going round? I can't tell Is that thing actually going round? I can't tell
Nick Hornby quotes: You have to work at relationships. You can't just walk out on them every time something goes wrong. You have to work at relationships. You can't just walk out on them every time something goes wrong.
Nick Hornby quotes: Songwriting is an art distinct from poetry. Songwriting is an art distinct from poetry.
Nick Hornby quotes: How do people cope? Do you have to go? What happens if you refuse on the grounds of it being just too fucking grim? How do people cope? Do you have to go? What happens if you refuse on the grounds of it being just too fucking grim?
Nick Hornby quotes: The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point. The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.
Nick Hornby quotes: What harm has he ever done to you?''You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste. What harm has he ever done to you?'
'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.
Nick Hornby quotes: In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of This is me! In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of This is me!
Nick Hornby quotes: One has so many more opinions about what has gone wrong than about what is perfect. One has so many more opinions about what has gone wrong than about what is perfect.
Nick Hornby quotes: I am cowed - by her intelligence, and her ferocity, and the way she's always right. Or at least, she's always right enough to shut me up. 5. I am cowed - by her intelligence, and her ferocity, and the way she's always right. Or at least, she's always right enough to shut me up. 5.
Nick Hornby quotes: I have made myself more complicated than I really am. I have made myself more complicated than I really am.
Nick Hornby quotes: I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand. I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.
Nick Hornby quotes: It's just that romance, with its dips and turns and glooms and highs, its swoops and swoons and blues, is a natural metaphor for music itself It's just that romance, with its dips and turns and glooms and highs, its swoops and swoons and blues, is a natural metaphor for music itself
Nick Hornby quotes: Sensitive people find it harder to stick around. Sensitive people find it harder to stick around.
Nick Hornby quotes: Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic. Not for the first time in my life, and certainly not for the last, a self-righteous gloom had edged out all semblance of logic.
Nick Hornby quotes: For the first time, but certainly not the last, I began to believe that Arsenal's moods and fortunes somehow reflected my own For the first time, but certainly not the last, I began to believe that Arsenal's moods and fortunes somehow reflected my own
Nick Hornby quotes: There aren't too many candlelit dinners and second honeymoons, I can tell you. We're beyond all that. We're good friends more than anything. There aren't too many candlelit dinners and second honeymoons, I can tell you. We're beyond all that. We're good friends more than anything.
Nick Hornby quotes: One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection. One could argue that most of the trouble in the world is caused by introspection.
Nick Hornby quotes: Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable. Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.
Nick Hornby quotes: When your sadlike really sadyou only want to be with other people who are sad. When your sad
like really sad
you only want to be with other people who are sad.
Nick Hornby quotes: Easily the best thing in her life at the moment was her secret. Easily the best thing in her life at the moment was her secret.
Nick Hornby quotes: Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive. Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.
Nick Hornby quotes: You'll remember someone who broke your heart, and you'll think to yourself, 'Oh yes, I remember how that feels.' But you can't. You'll remember someone who broke your heart, and you'll think to yourself, 'Oh yes, I remember how that feels.' But you can't.
Nick Hornby quotes: These things are going to eat away at me ... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none of it helps at all. These things are going to eat away at me ... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none of it helps at all.
Nick Hornby quotes: Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch. Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.
Nick Hornby quotes: Even thought our problems had driven us up there, it was as if they had somehow, like Daleks, been unable to climb the stairs. Even thought our problems had driven us up there, it was as if they had somehow, like Daleks, been unable to climb the stairs.
Nick Hornby quotes: Well, I'd like my life to be like a Bruce Springsteen song. Well, I'd like my life to be like a Bruce Springsteen song.
Nick Hornby quotes: What went wrong? Nothing and everything. What went wrong? Nothing and everything.
Nick Hornby quotes: You wouldn't believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended. You wouldn't believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended.
Nick Hornby quotes: I'll have got him out of my system." "I hope not." "Really?" "What would there be left of you, if you did? I'll have got him out of my system." "I hope not." "Really?" "What would there be left of you, if you did?
Nick Hornby quotes: It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home. It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.
Nick Hornby quotes: Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared. Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared.
Nick Hornby quotes: He'd told her it was just a scratch and got cross when she hadn't offered morphine. He'd told her it was just a scratch and got cross when she hadn't offered morphine.
Nick Hornby quotes: She began to fear that she would always be greedy, all the time. Nothing ever seemed to fill her up. Nothing ever seemed to touch the sides. She began to fear that she would always be greedy, all the time. Nothing ever seemed to fill her up. Nothing ever seemed to touch the sides.
Nick Hornby quotes: ... it's important to have something going on somewhere, at work or at home, otherwise you're just clinging on. ... it's important to have something going on somewhere, at work or at home, otherwise you're just clinging on.
Nick Hornby quotes: We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too. We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.
Nick Hornby quotes: Read what you enjoy, not what bores you. Read what you enjoy, not what bores you.
Nick Hornby quotes: I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic. I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic.
Nick Hornby quotes: There aren't any buts," said Bill. "That's the whole point of being a writer, isn't it? If I wanted buts, I'd go and work in a fucking but factory. There aren't any buts," said Bill. "That's the whole point of being a writer, isn't it? If I wanted buts, I'd go and work in a fucking but factory.
Nick Hornby quotes: I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood. I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood.
Nick Hornby quotes: If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not. If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not.
Nick Hornby quotes: I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign. I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.
Nick Hornby quotes: Being a freak isn't the same thing as having a talent. Being a freak isn't the same thing as having a talent.
Nick Hornby quotes: No one's stopping you," said Jess. "But you've got to make it more interesting. That's why why we drift off and talk about biscuits. No one's stopping you," said Jess. "But you've got to make it more interesting. That's why why we drift off and talk about biscuits.
Nick Hornby quotes: Musicians had been assholes since the day the lute was invented. Musicians had been assholes since the day the lute was invented.
Nick Hornby quotes: She of all people knows what compilation tapes represent. She of all people knows what compilation tapes represent.
Nick Hornby quotes: You're my easy life option. The moment you stop being that, you're no option at all. You're my easy life option. The moment you stop being that, you're no option at all.
Nick Hornby quotes: I'm a writer. Life is supposed to pass me by, while I watch it. I'm a writer. Life is supposed to pass me by, while I watch it.
Nick Hornby quotes: The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product. The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product.
Nick Hornby quotes: We get together with people because they're the same or because they're different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons. We get together with people because they're the same or because they're different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons.
Nick Hornby quotes: I hope that when people are happy together, it feels as though someone keeps piling seconds and thirds on their plates. I hope that when people are happy together, it feels as though someone keeps piling seconds and thirds on their plates.
Nick Hornby quotes: I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them! I don't want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them!
Nick Hornby quotes: Barry, you're over thirty years old. You owe it to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey. Barry, you're over thirty years old. You owe it to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey.
Nick Hornby quotes: If, during his engagement to Edith, someone had tried to explain how lonely marriage could be, he wouldn't have believed it. If, during his engagement to Edith, someone had tried to explain how lonely marriage could be, he wouldn't have believed it.
Nick Hornby quotes: It's not reading and whatever that makes you good or bad. It's whether you rape people, or get addicted to crack and go out mugging. It's not reading and whatever that makes you good or bad. It's whether you rape people, or get addicted to crack and go out mugging.
Nick Hornby quotes: Is it possible to want to divorce a man simply because he doesn't want to be rude about Ginger Spice? I rather fear it might be. Is it possible to want to divorce a man simply because he doesn't want to be rude about Ginger Spice? I rather fear it might be.
Nick Hornby quotes: I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way. I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way.
Nick Hornby quotes: Seeing as he wasn't very bright, I was pretty sure that he was going to be good at fighting. Seeing as he wasn't very bright, I was pretty sure that he was going to be good at fighting.
Nick Hornby quotes: Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow. Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.
Nick Hornby quotes: Needless to say, drink, drugs, food, and sex played no part in the festivities. But who needs any of that when you've got literature? Needless to say, drink, drugs, food, and sex played no part in the festivities. But who needs any of that when you've got literature?
Nick Hornby quotes: Does that help? Probably not, unless you are sane enough to believe that the truth about anyone is disappointing, the truth about me especially so. Does that help? Probably not, unless you are sane enough to believe that the truth about anyone is disappointing, the truth about me especially so.
Nick Hornby quotes: Anyone who thinks text messages are funny isn't going to kill himself. There isn't enough going on internally. Anyone who thinks text messages are funny isn't going to kill himself. There isn't enough going on internally.
Nick Hornby quotes: It was hopeless, life, really. It was set up all wrong. It was hopeless, life, really. It was set up all wrong.
Nick Hornby quotes: I hate time. It never does what you want it to. I hate time. It never does what you want it to.
Nick Hornby quotes: It's easier to have parents if you've got a girlfriend. It's easier to have parents if you've got a girlfriend.
Nick Hornby quotes: Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we've messed up our relationships? Why should we be denied basic human rights just because we've messed up our relationships?
Nick Hornby quotes: Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go. Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.
Nick Hornby quotes: He'd still be who he was, and that, it seemed to him, was the basic problem. He'd still be who he was, and that, it seemed to him, was the basic problem.
Nick Hornby quotes: But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore. But the internet had changed everything: nobody was forgotten anymore.
Nick Hornby quotes: The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind you. The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind you.
Nick Hornby quotes: Human beings are millions of things in one day. Human beings are millions of things in one day.
Nick Hornby quotes: Funny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time. Funny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time.
Nick Hornby quotes: Clive was rapidly coming to the conclusion that being engaged to somebody meant that he spent an awful lot of time not doing things he wanted to do. Clive was rapidly coming to the conclusion that being engaged to somebody meant that he spent an awful lot of time not doing things he wanted to do.
Nick Hornby quotes: I don't think you can call it stalking when it's just phone calls and letters and emails and knocking on the door. I don't think you can call it stalking when it's just phone calls and letters and emails and knocking on the door.
Nick Hornby quotes: Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty. Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they're not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty.
Nick Hornby quotes: He was hoping that when this was all over, his spiritual overdraft would have been paid off, and he'd be allowed to use the cash machine again. He was hoping that when this was all over, his spiritual overdraft would have been paid off, and he'd be allowed to use the cash machine again.
Nick Hornby quotes: My friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost. My friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.
Nick Hornby quotes: Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs. Sometimes we have to be judged by our one-offs.
Nick Hornby quotes: Fuck. I hate all this stuff. How old do you have to get before it stops? Fuck. I hate all this stuff. How old do you have to get before it stops?
Nick Hornby quotes: When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on. When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.
Nick Hornby quotes: Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination. Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.
Nick Hornby quotes: Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a kid, has liberated me; my disenfranchisement has empowered me. Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a kid, has liberated me; my disenfranchisement has empowered me.
Nick Hornby quotes: I have a really low boredom threshold. I have a really low boredom threshold.
Nick Hornby quotes: But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week. But I suspect that all writers come up with premises of some kind, fragments of narrative or scenarios, in the course of a working week.

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