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> [Loving people, and allowing yourself to be loved, was only worth the risk if the odds were in your favor, but they quite clearly weren't. There were about seventy-nine squillion people in the world, and if you were very lucky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/loving-people-and-allowing-yourself-to-be-loved-was-only-worth-the/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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> [There were about seventy-nine squillion people in the world, and if you were very lucky, you would end up being loved by fifteen or twenty of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/there-were-about-seventy-nine-squillion-people-in-the-world-and-if/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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## More by Nick Hornby

> [You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/you-can-wait-forever-for-the-muse-to-sit-on-your-shoulder-but-most-of/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> […I've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-ve-had-a-bad-week-what-s-happened-nothing-s-happened-i-ve-had-a-bad/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“When they – I cannot bring myself to use the first-person plural in this instance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/when-they-i-cannot-bring-myself-to-use-the-first-person-plural-in/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“What you don't ever catch a glimpse of on your wedding day - because how could you? - is that some days you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/what-you-don-t-ever-catch-a-glimpse-of-on-your-wedding-day-because/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do and takes ages longer than it might seem. You've got to kick off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/a-good-compilation-tape-like-breaking-up-is-hard-to-do-and-takes-ages/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-still-not-a-very-good-white-wine-but-i-m-drinkable-you-could-put/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [I never mind the accusations of domesticity, as long as people recognise that all of us, even the luckiest, will live lives in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-never-mind-the-accusations-of-domesticity-as-long-as-people/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [I wasted the 1980s. I wasted every minute at Cambridge talking to people who knew more about music than I did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-wasted-the-1980s-i-wasted-every-minute-at-cambridge-talking-to/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“I took her outside on to a little roof terrace that looked like it never got the sun at nay time of the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-took-her-outside-on-to-a-little-roof-terrace-that-looked-like-it/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“I feel as though I have been having conversations like this all my life. None of us is young anymore, but what has just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-feel-as-though-i-have-been-having-conversations-like-this-all-my/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“I'm OK. Really. I can find people. I'll be all right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/i-m-ok-really-i-can-find-people-i-ll-be-all-right/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“Read any women's magazine and you'll see the same complaint over and over again: men - those little boys ten or twenty or thirty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/read-any-women-s-magazine-and-you-ll-see-the-same-complaint-over-and/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [“Defansçılar her zaman forvetçilerden daha iyi analizcilerdir.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/defans-lar-her-zaman-forvet-ilerden-daha-iyi-analizcilerdir/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [On New Year's Eve he ould make a resolution to recover some his previous scepticism, but until then he would do as the Romans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/on-new-year-s-eve-he-ould-make-a-resolution-to-recover-some-his/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

> [It's no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won't find anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-hornby/it-s-no-good-looking-to-writers-for-definitions-of-what-constitutes/)

[Nick Hornby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-hornby/)

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