For his thirtieth birthday he had filled a whole night-club off Regent Street; people had been queuing on the pavement to get… — David Nicholls Cards Copy Share Image
“Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today. I'll always remember it” — David Nicholls Whatever happens Copy Share Image
“The tourist’s paradox: how to find somewhere that’s free of people exactly like us.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless… — David Nicholls Alright Copy Share Image
“The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly,… — David Nicholls Change the world Copy Share Image
I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. — David Nicholls Actor Copy Share Image
“So? Most people hate their jobs. That's why they're called jobs.” — David Nicholls Humor 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
If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of prose as opposed to the… — David Nicholls Anything Copy Share Image
“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at… — David Nicholls Friendship 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 Fitness Copy Share Image
Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp. — David Nicholls Aunt Copy Share Image
...and once again Dexter is struck by how easy conversation can be when no-one is in their right mind — David Nicholls Communication Copy Share Image
“Friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.” — David Nicholls Clothes Copy Share Image
I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades. — David Nicholls Grades Copy Share Image
A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand… — David Nicholls Again and again 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 Firm Copy Share Image
“So they were pen pals now, Emma composing long, intense letters crammed with jokes and underlining, forced banter and barely concealed longing;… — David Nicholls Acts of love Copy Share Image
He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at… — David Nicholls Better person Copy Share Image
“Finally, she loved someone and felt fairly confident that she was loved in return. If someone asked Emma, as they sometimes did… — David Nicholls Marriage 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 Emotion Copy Share Image
