--- title: "8 Emma Quotes By David Nicholls" description: "8 Emma quotes by David Nicholls. Plus more from David Nicholls and more Emma sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/david-nicholls-873_absent_emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneousl_12762.jpg" --- > [Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneously-sloppy-and-petrified-and/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/david-nicholls-873_absent_emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneousl_12762.jpg) > [Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/do-you-miss-her-who-emma-of-course-every-day-she-was-my-best-friend/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cae/david-nicholls-873_best-friend_do-you-miss-her-who-emma-of-course-every_138959.png) > [As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/as-the-possibility-of-a-relationship-had-faded-emma-had-endeavored-to/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/david-nicholls-873_balls_as-the-possibility-of-a-relationship-had_215449.jpg) > [She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/she-had-never-been-a-proficient-flirt-her-spasms-of-kittenish/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/david-nicholls-873_behaviour_she-had-never-been-a-proficient-flirt-he_1364192.jpg) > [...Emma Morley wasn't such a paragon either: pretentious, petulant, lazy, speechifying, judgmental. Self-pitying, self righteous, self-important, all the selfs except self-confident, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/emma-morley-wasn-t-such-a-paragon-either-pretentious-petulant-lazy/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/david-nicholls-873_emma_emma-morley-wasn-t-such-a-paragon-either_1790235.png) > [A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/a-moment-passed-perhaps-half-a-second-when-their-faces-said-what-they/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc8/david-nicholls-873_arms_a-moment-passed-perhaps-half-a-second-wh_2373238.png) > [He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/he-could-feel-her-laughter-against-his-chest-and-at-that-moment-he/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/david-nicholls-873_emma_he-could-feel-her-laughter-against-his-c_2569670.png) > […and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/and-emma-felt-another-small-portion-of-her-soul-fall-away/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/david-nicholls-873_emma_and-emma-felt-another-small-portion-of-h_3081347.png) ## Other authors on Emma ## More by David Nicholls > [These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/these-days-grief-seems-like-walking-on-a-frozen-river-most-of-the/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/good-god-the-elusive-thing-she-had-reached-a-turning-point-she-no/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneously-sloppy-and-petrified-and/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/i-still-find-it-absurdly-difficult-to-concentrate-on-a-novel-if-there/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/you-ve-got-to-stop-letting-women-slip-drugs-into-your-mouth-dex-it-s/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/he-presses-two-fingers-against-each-eye-and-attempts-to-account-for/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that? What if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/live-each-day-as-if-it-s-our-last-that-was-the-conventional-advice/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/she-was-reaching-the-limits-of-how-much-its-possible-to-change-a-man/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/how-would-she-fill-the-days-she-had-no-idea-the-trick-of-it-she-told/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [“What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/what-if-it-rained-or-you-felt-a-bit-glandy-it-just-wasn-t-practical/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/sometimes-when-it-is-going-badly-she-wonders-if-what-she-believes-to/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/the-city-had-defeated-her-just-like-they-said-it-would-like-some/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/better-by-far-to-be-good-and-courageous-and-bold-and-to-make/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/a-screenplay-is-really-an-instruction-manual-and-it-can-be/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) > [Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/most-of-the-books-and-films-i-love-walk-a-knife-edge-between-romance/) [David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emma/david-nicholls/#itemlist", "name": "8 Emma Quotes By David Nicholls", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top of her contact lenses so that other traffic loomed menacingly out of nowhere like alien space cruisers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Nicholls" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneously-sloppy-and-petrified-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/david-nicholls-873_absent_emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneousl_12762.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/david-nicholls-873_absent_emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneousl_12762.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/david-nicholls-873_absent_emma-was-a-shocking-driver-simultaneousl_12762.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been…” — David Nicholls", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you miss her?' 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