So now what? What happens when words fail us? Nick Hornby More Quotes by Nick Hornby More Quotes From Nick Hornby (about organizing books in his home library, and putting a book in the "Arts and Lit non-fiction section) I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey. Nick Hornby homebookart contemporary poetry is a kind of Reykjavik, a place where accessibility and intelligence have been fighting a Cold War by proxy for the last half-century. Nick Hornby reykjavikfightingwar It's just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle. Nick Hornby talentmadesong That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all Nick Hornby lonelylife-ispeople Reading begets reading. Nick Hornby begetsreading In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me! Nick Hornby crypartnersbook Clockers" asks--almost in passing, and there's a lot more to it than this--a pretty interesting question: if you choose to work for the minimum wage when everyone around you is pocketing thousands from drug deals, then what does that do to you, to your head and to your heart? (Hornby's thoughts after reading "Clockers" by Richard Price) Nick Hornby readingheartinteresting Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours' reading time *while the kids are awake*. It might look like a cheapskate present, but parents will appreciate that it costs more in real terms than a Lamborghini. Nick Hornby christmasrealreading Books are, let's face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen rounds in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time. Nick Hornby motivationalinspirationalart I don't believe in Heaven or anything. But I want to be the kind of person that qualifies for entry anyway. Nick Hornby wantheavenbelieve We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts. Nick Hornby hearttalkingyears This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn't so bad in the first place. Nick Hornby convinceddifferentfirsts I have always been accused of taking the things I love - football, of course, but also books and records - much too seriously, and I do feel a kind of anger when I hear a bad record, or when someone is lukewarm about a book that means a lot to me. Nick Hornby footballmeanbook To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. Nick Hornby tapeletterswriting Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that Dickens is estimated to have invented thirteen thousand characters? Thirteen thousand! The population of a small town!) Nick Hornby writingclasscharacter Everything's complicated, even those things that seem flat in their bleakness or sadness. Nick Hornby bleaknesssadcomplicated I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink? Nick Hornby londonunhappynext-week We were little animals, which is not to imply that by the end of the week we were tearing our tank tops off; just that, metaphorically speaking, we had begun to sniff each other's bottoms, and we did not find the odor entirely repellent. Nick Hornby odortanksanimal He loved Nirvana, but at his age they were kind of a guilty pleasure. All that rage and pain and self-hatred! Will got a bit...fed up sometimes, but he couldn't pretend it was anything stronger than that. So now he used loud angry rock music as a replacement for real feelings, rather than as an expression of them, and he didn't even mind very much. What good were real feelings anyway? Nick Hornby painrealexpression It's love this and love that but of couse it's so easy to love someone you don't know, whether it's George Clooney or Monkey. Staying civil to someone with whom you've ever shared Christmas turkey- now there's a miracle. Nick Hornby turkeysmiracleand-love
