No matter how predictable, banal and listless the rest of my life might be, you can guarantee that there'll always be something… — David Nicholls Guarantees Copy Share Image
“I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she said. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change… — David Nicholls Change the world 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
She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts. — David Nicholls Speak Copy Share Image
I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me… — David Nicholls Capable Copy Share Image
“But the thing about Literature is, well, basically it encapsulates all the disciplines - it's history, philosophy, politics, sexual politics, sociology, psychology,… — David Nicholls Books 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 Time Copy Share Image
I had always been led to believe that ageing was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I… — David Nicholls Ageing Copy Share Image
And you stupid, stupid woman, stupid for caring, stupid for thinking that he cared. — David Nicholls Caring Copy Share Image
“I don’t think there’s anything we can do, is there? We either stop or we carry on.” — 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 Life Copy Share Image
“He had one of those faces where you were aware of the bones beneath the skin, as if even his bare skull… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“She no longer think that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.” — David Nicholls Poetry Copy Share Image
“Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, and look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.” — David Nicholls David-nicholls Copy Share Image
“They ended up in a amusement arcade on Old Compton Street, where Nora insisted Stephen join her on one of those dance-step… — David Nicholls Dance floor Copy Share Image
All his words and actions would now be fit for his daughter’s ears and eyes. Life would be lived as if under… — David Nicholls Action 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
“grief is as much regret for what we have never had as sorrow for what we have lost. As” — David Nicholls Death Copy Share Image
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,… — David Nicholls Bad day Copy Share Image
“I want to be able to listen to recording of piano sonatas and know who's playing. I want to go to classical… — David Nicholls Books Copy Share Image
He's laughing me into a stupor, she thought. I could heckle, I suppose, I could throw a bread roll at him, but… — David Nicholls Bed Copy Share Image
Alice doesn't seem to mind because she's laughing too, and biting her lip, all doe-eyed, and tossing her freshly washed hair, and… — David Nicholls Biting Copy Share Image
