382 Quotes by David Nicholls

Being a decent human being will require effort and energy…

I think probably I'm quite sentimental; I like big emotional stories, I like being moved by things, but I think I'm very embarrassed by sentiment. I'm very embarrassed by corniness.

…and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.

Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life.

He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.

…she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same — you couldn't just soak it up then squeeze it out again.

David Holdaway was my stage name. I was an actor for about eight years in the '90s. I had to change my name because there was another David Nicholls, and I thought if I changed it to my mother's name, she'd be touched.

…mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates…