382 Quotes by David Nicholls

And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago.

He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph.

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?

If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place

The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice if she left.

I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.

But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel — independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.

I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!

The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her.