These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“and not for the first time she felt a reassuring shiver of dislike for him.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“And by the time the train pulls into the station, I find myself actually relieved that Emily's only a figment of my… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She made a firm resolution, one of the resolutions she was making almost daily these days. No more sleepovers, no more writing… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Letters, like compilation tapes, were really vehicles for unexpressed emotions and she was clearly putting far too much time and energy into… — David Nicholls 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
“No more sleepovers, no more writing poetry, no more wasting time. Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, and look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image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 Copy Share Image
“What are you going to do with your life?’ In one way or another it seemed that people had been asking her… — David Nicholls 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
You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“With failing bravado, Dexter tried to laugh. "You sound like you're dumping me!" She smiled sadly. "I suppose I am in a… — 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 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
Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“I get this occasionally, the need to define myself as a something-or-other, and at various times in my life I have wondered… — David Nicholls 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 Copy Share Image
“In rare moments of self-doubt, Dexter had once worried that a lack of intellect might hold him back in life, but here… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I love Billy Wilder, and I love the way that his films can be very touching and very moving and very romantic,… — David Nicholls 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
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“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… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man — David Nicholls 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 bold and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“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… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
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