382 Quotes by David Nicholls

He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph. Things should look right. Fun; there should be a lot of fun and no more sadness than absolutely necessary.

Dads had favourite armchairs in which they sat like starship captains, issuing orders and receiving cups of tea and shouting at the news without fear of contradiction.

Yet there seemed to be no easy correlation between the awful grief I felt at her death and our closeness - or lack of it - in life, and it occurred to me that perhaps grief is as much regret for what we have never had as sorrow for what we have lost.

Though not my field, I was familiar with the notion of alternative realities, but was not used to occupying the one I liked the best.

Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance

Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, and look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.

Whatever happens tomorrow, we've had today.

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.

He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels as if someone has taken his head and shaken it. Words are turning to mush and he can see no plausible way of getting through this. Don’t fall apart, he tells himself, not here, not now. Hold it together.