[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph. David Nicholls More Quotes by David Nicholls More Quotes From David Nicholls The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her. David Nicholls succession empty rose The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a different. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Carona electric typewriter and work hard at ... something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible. East sensibly. Stuff like that. David Nicholls life-changing hard-work art Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend. David Nicholls emma my-best-friend missing So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened. David Nicholls happened The problem with all these fiercely individualistic girls was that they were all exactly the same. David Nicholls individualistic girl problem I am not up to this. I am not capable. I thought I would be, but I'm not. Some part of me is missing, and I cannot do this. David Nicholls capable would-be missing As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark like this caused no more pain than, say, a tennis ball thrown sharply at the back of her head. David Nicholls tennis balls pain Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun. David Nicholls nun robots emotion And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect David Nicholls wake-up perfect So must people hate their jobs.That's why they're called it jobs David Nicholls hate jobs people Dont run before you can walk David Nicholls walks running I think reality is over-rated David Nicholls reality thinking Today. This bright new day that awaits us David Nicholls today new-day She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man David Nicholls reaching limits men Letters, like compilation tapes, were really vehicles for unexpressed emotions and she was clearly putting far too much time and energy into them. David Nicholls tape energy letters She realises that if she is to save the show she is going to have to improvise a rousing speech, one of the many Henry V moments that make up her working life. David Nicholls henry-v speech moments 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 drug one-day mouths Salmon. Salmon, salmon, salmon, salmon. I eat so much salmon at these weddings, twice a year I get this urge to swim upstream. David Nicholls salmon swim years Maybe I've just read too many novels. In novels, alcoholics are always attractive and fuuny and charming and complex, like Sebastian Flyte or ABe North in Tender in the Night, and they're drinking because of a deep, unquenchable sadness of the soul, or the terrible legacy of the First World War, whereas I just get drunk because I'm thirsty, and I like the taste of lager. David Nicholls sadness drinking war No matter how predictable, banal and listless the rest of my life might be, you can guarantee that there'll always be something interesting going on with my skin. David Nicholls guarantees-that skins interesting
