Wells Quotes by David Nicholls

9 Wells quotes by David Nicholls

David Nicholls’ nine brief lines treat wells as a stage for contemporary romance, giving you a quick chuckle from his light‑hearted style.

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Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we can hope for.

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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,…

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Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films.

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Well, it's so hard for books to take off. You give years of your life to something that probably won't happen, so…

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The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a different. Not change the world exactly,…

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Sorry' he said. 'No, I'm sorry.' 'What are you sorry for?' 'Rattling on like a mad old cow. I'm sorry, I'm tired,…

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I think what it is is, if you're in school and you're not that bright or good-looking or popular or whatever, and…

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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…

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She glanced across to where Tilly and her brand new husband were posing for photographs, Tilly fluttering a fan coquettishly in front…

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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.

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“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels…

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“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…

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She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man

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“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and…

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“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…

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Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a…

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The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice…

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Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you

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A screenplay is really an instruction manual, and it can be interpreted in any number of ways. The casting, the choice of location, the…

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Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on…

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