Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of… — David Nicholls Being nice Copy Share Image
“They say the personal is political and it's certainly fair to say that, like her politics, Rebecca Epstein's kissing is radical, forthright… — David Nicholls Politics Copy Share Image
I had always been led to believe that ageing was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I… — David Nicholls Ageing Copy Share Image
“Things should look right, Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary” — David Nicholls Sadness Copy Share Image
[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
No matter how predictable, banal and listless the rest of my life might be, you can guarantee that there'll always be something… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
In the future, I'll be braver, she told herself. In the future, I will always speak my mind, eloquently, passionately. — David Nicholls Courage Copy Share Image
“For Stephen, London was less a city that never slept, more a city that got a good nine hours.” — David Nicholls Humor Copy Share Image
“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if… — David Nicholls Friendship Copy Share Image
“He wonders if he still might tell her that he loves her or, more tentatively, that he 'thinks he might be in… — David Nicholls Love Copy Share Image
Of course you should study whatever you want. The written appreciation and understanding of literature, or any kind of artistic endeavour, is… — David Nicholls Appreciation Copy Share Image
My 20s was a sea of worry. I worried about benefit forms, about being thrown out of my flat. I never went… — David Nicholls Auditions Copy Share Image
“But the trouble with living in the moment is that the moment passes. Impulse and spontaneity take no account of the longer… — David Nicholls Life Copy Share Image
He's wearing his official university sweatshirt again, which puzzles me a little. I mean I'd sort of understand it more if it… — David Nicholls Choices Copy Share Image
“He wanted to live life to the extreme, but without any mess or complications. He wanted to live life in such a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year… — David Nicholls Affair Copy Share Image
“Can I say something?' 'Go on' 'I'm a little drunk' 'Me too. That's okay.' 'Just…I missed you, you know.' 'I missed you… — David Nicholls Best friend Copy Share Image
“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and… — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
“There’s a particular grubbiness that comes with travel. You start showered and fresh in clean and comfortable clothes, upbeat and hopeful that… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“But it’s okay, it’s fine, because Tara is saying let’s go and dance before it wears off, so they all go and… — david nicholls Dance Copy Share Image
There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But… — David Nicholls Ability Copy Share Image
“You're not going to turn into a wanker, are you?" says Tone, opening a can of larger. "What do you mean?" "He… — David Nicholls Humerous Copy Share Image
“They regarded each other for a moment. He lay down once more, and after a moment she followed and jumped a little… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.” — David Nicholls Clothes Copy Share Image
I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Absurdly, I punched it because nothing hurts a jellyfish more, nothing affronts their sense of dignity, than an underwater punch in the… — David Nicholls Humor Copy Share Image
And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than "relationships. — David Nicholls Facts Copy Share Image
I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
If you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you,… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Their friendship was like a wilted bunch of flowers that she insisted on topping up with water. Why not let it die… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Next morning get up early and go to the Taj Mahal. Perhaps you've heard of it, big white building named after that… — David Nicholls Taj mahal Copy Share Image
“but i hate this date, and will always hate this day every year fromnow on whenever it comes around” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“If you have to keep something a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place!” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She glanced at the other diners, all of them going into their act, and thought is this what it all boils down… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must. . . . — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel — independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic. — David Nicholls Character Copy Share Image
“Don't they appreciate how hard it is, staying decent, keeping your head on straight when so much is happening to you and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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