Building Quote by David Nicholls

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger…

— David Nicholls

“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing…

— David Nicholls

Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top…

— David Nicholls

I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking…

— David Nicholls

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.

— David Nicholls

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

— David Nicholls

“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…

— David Nicholls

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

— David Nicholls

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

— David Nicholls

“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…

— David Nicholls

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

— David Nicholls

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

— David Nicholls