but they had also settled into the maddening familiarity of friendship; maddening for her at least. — David Nicholls Familiarity Copy Share Image
Were helping build capability and capacity in the new Iraqi Navy — David Nicholls Capability Copy Share Image
I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference — David Nicholls Differences Copy Share Image
“Brian: I love books Prof. Morrison: The contents of books, or just owning a whole load of books?” — David Nicholls Book Copy Share Image
“The tourist’s paradox: how to find somewhere that’s free of people exactly like us.” — David Nicholls Free people Copy Share Image
Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it — David Nicholls Heartache Copy Share Image
Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN — David Nicholls Awake Copy Share Image
He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool… — David Nicholls Life 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… — David Nicholls Cities Copy Share Image
You start out wanting to change the world through language, and end up thinking it's enough to tell a few good jokes. — David Nicholls Change the world Copy Share Image
“So do you think it's true what they say? About girls liking bastards?' 'He's not a bastard. He's an idiot.' 'Do girls… — David Nicholls Say Girls Copy Share Image
I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very… — David Nicholls Being 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… — David Nicholls Books Copy Share Image
I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think… — David Nicholls Among 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 Life Copy Share Image
“Who me? God, no, I'm terrible . . . " Then, just as an experiment, I say, "And, besides, I don't think… — David Nicholls Actor Copy Share Image
...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… — David Nicholls Emma Copy Share Image
The early days of any relationship are punctuated with a series of firsts - first sight, first words, first laugh, first kiss,… — David Nicholls Becoming 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… — David Nicholls Change the world Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when it's going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just… — David Nicholls Funny Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless she feels a great wave of affection for Dexter Mayhew. In eight years not a day has gone by when she… — David Nicholls Best friend Copy Share Image
“Sympathy for the spinster. I'm perfectly content, thank you. And I refuse to be defined by my boyfriend. Or lack of. Once… — David Nicholls Boyfriend Copy Share Image
“Change lives through art, maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience… — David Nicholls Art Copy Share Image
I contemplate the idea that maybe I'm an alcoholic. I get this occassionally, the need to define myself as something-or-the-other, and at… — David Nicholls Ability Copy Share Image
“The problem with telling people that they can do anything they want to do is that it is objectively, factually inaccurate. Otherwise… — David Nicholls Ballet dance 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 Advice Copy Share Image
“She sometimes wondered what her twenty-two-year-old self would think of today's Emma Mayhew. Would she consider her self-centered? Compromised? A bourgeois sell-out,… — David Nicholls Family life Copy Share Image
I tell you what it is. It's...when I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean every day in… — David Nicholls Baby Copy Share Image
“Simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit… — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
Occasionally, very occasionally, say at four o’clock in the afternoon on a wet Sunday, she feels panic-stricken and almost breathless with loneliness.… — David Nicholls Afternoon 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 Dexter Copy Share Image
