David Nicholls
David Nicholls
David Alan Nichollsis an English novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1966
falling-in-love romantic-love love-is
He's laughing me into a stupor, she thought. I could heckle, I suppose, I could throw a bread roll at him, but he's eaten them all. She glanced at the other diners, all of them going into their act, and thought is this what it all boils down to? Romantic love, is this all it is, a talent show? Eat a meal, go to bed, fall in love with me and I promise you years and years of top notch material like this?
believe fall snow
I had always been led to believe that ageing was a slow and gradual process, the creep of a glacier. Now I realise that it happens in a rush, like snow falling off a roof.
fall soul emma
…and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.
song falling-in-love book
It would be inappropiate, undignified, at 38, to conduct friendships or love affairs with the ardour or intensity of a 22 year old. Falling in love like that? Writing poetry? Crying at pop songs? Dragging people into photobooths? Taking a whole day to make a compilation tape? Asking people if they wanted to share your bed, just for company? If you quoted Bob Dylan or TS Eliot or, god forbid, Brecht at someone these days they would smile politely and step quietly backwards, and who would blame them? Ridiculous, at 38, to expect a song or book or film to change your life.
painfully time
I would never complain about 'One Day' taking off, but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.
baby mean wish
I tell you what it is. It's...when I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean every day in some way or another -" "Same here -" "- even if it was just 'I wish Dexter could see this' or 'where's Dexter now?' or 'Christ, that Dexter, what an idiot', you know what I mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my best friend. And now all this, the wedding, the baby - I'm so happy for you, Dex. But it feels like I've lost you again.
thinking my-best-friend want
I want my best friend back, she thinks, because without him nothing is good and nothing is right.
fun night imagine
Imagine staying awake all night not because you're worried about the future but because it's FUN
joy courses
And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others
men limits reaching
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man
new-day today
Today. This bright new day that awaits us
reality thinking
I think reality is over-rated
running walks
Dont run before you can walk
mind speak
In the future, I'll be braver, she told herself. In the future, I will always speak my mind, eloquently, passionately.