"In other words, it's one of those books……" — Nick Hornby

"In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!"

— Nick Hornby

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212 Quotes by Nick Hornby

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Most people get suicide, I guess; most people, even if it's hidden deep down inside somewhere, can remember a time…
Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Shorn of the game's aesthetic pleasures, or the comfort of…
Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth.
[H]ow was I supposed to get excited about the oppression of females if they couldn't be trusted to stay upright…
One day, maybe not in the next few weeks, but certainly in the conceivable future, someone will be able to…
Reciprocation was a pretty powerful stimulant to the imagination.
I'm still not a very good white wine, but I'm drinkable - you could put me in a punch, anyway.
I have always been accused of taking the things I love – football, of course, but also books and records…
Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.
Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point…
I have learned things from the game. Much of my knowledge of locations in Britain and Europe comes not from…
It is a strange paradox that while the grief of football fans(and it is real grief) is private - we…

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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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