“It wasn't much of a plan, and already there had been mistakes.” — David Nicholls Failure Copy Share Image
Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we can hope for. — David Nicholls Hope Copy Share Image
“…there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.” — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else. — David Nicholls Change Copy Share Image
…and you smile back and try not to think about the fact that you have nothing, absolutely nothing, to say to each… — David Nicholls Facts Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wish that I hadn't learned how to crochet," I say, and Alice laughs. Obviously she thinks I'm joking, which is… — David Nicholls Comedy 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 Copy Share Image
“You're gorgeous, you old hag. If I would give you anything in this world it would be this. Confidence. Either that or… — David Nicholls Candle Copy Share Image
“She was always going to be the smartest, kindest, funniest, loyalest person we would ever meet, and the fact of her not… — David Nicholls Heart Copy Share Image
Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry. — 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… — David Nicholls Danger Copy Share Image
He has found himself more and more reliant on her at exactly the point that she has become less available to him. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“The enemy, self-consciousness, is creeping up on them and Gibbsy or Biggsy is the first to crack, declaring that the music is… — David Nicholls Enemy Copy Share Image
I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life.… — David Nicholls Change 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 Copy Share Image
For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Travelling', she sighed.'So predictable.' 'What's wrong with travelling?' 'Avoiding reality more like.' 'I think reality is over-rated,' he said in the hope… — David Nicholls Hope Copy Share Image
“She had got rid of his black bedsheets, the beer mats, secretly culled his underpants and there were fewer of his famous… — David Nicholls 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
...maybe I've just read too many novels. In novels, alcoholics are always attractive and fuuny and charming and complex, like Sebastian Flyte… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“And sometimes I get carried away, that's all. If you weren't so...judgemental all the time-" "Am I? I don't think I am… — David Nicholls Friendship Copy Share Image
“The last year had been a series of wrong turns, bad choices, abandoned projects. There was the all-girl band in which she… — David Nicholls Bad choices Copy Share Image
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year… — David Nicholls Affair 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.… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“I think…" She lifts her head from his shoulder. "I think that you have it in you to be a fine young… — David Nicholls Mothers Copy Share Image
“Independence is the luxury of all those people who are too confident, and busy, and popular, and attractive to be just plain… — David Nicholls Dad died Copy Share Image
“But it’s okay, it’s fine, because Tara is saying let’s go and dance before it wears off, so they all go and… — david nicholls Dance Copy Share Image
She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man — David Nicholls Limits Copy Share Image
“So? Most people hate their jobs. That's why they're called jobs.” — David Nicholls Career Copy Share Image
Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it. — David Nicholls Comedy Copy Share Image
Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away. — David Nicholls Growing up Copy Share Image
“But you're happy?' 'Yeah? I think I am. Are you?' 'Happier. Happyish.' 'Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
