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Nick Hornby quotes

English Writer April 17, 1957

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She regretted the explanation immediately, but that was because she always regretted everything. And then, after the regret had flared and burned out, she didn't care. He should know, she thought. She wanted him to know. She felt something for somebody, and she'd told him. Nick Hornby
Have you got any soul?" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can handle. I wish I could spread it a bit more evenly, I want to tell her, get a better balance, but I can't seem to get it sorted. I can see she wouldn't be interested in my internal stock control problems though, so I simply point to where I keep the soul I have, right by the exit, just next to the... Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "(Even Tucker's way of not living could be described as living,..."
(Even Tucker's way of not living could be described as living, if you had a crush on him.) Nick Hornby
Influential books are often a disappointment, if they're properly influential, because influence cannot guarantee the quality of the imitators, and your appetite for the original has been partially sated by its poor copies. Nick Hornby
Does that help? Probably not, unless you are sane enough to believe that the truth about anyone is disappointing, the truth about me especially so. Nick Hornby
Anyway, all I'm saying is that there was this time--maybe it was a day, maybe a few days, I can't remember now--when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up. Nick Hornby
A few years ago, Cindy joined one of those dreadful reading groups, where unhappy, repressed middle class lesbians talk for five minutes about some novel they don't understand and then spend the rest of the evening moaning about how dreadful men are. Nick Hornby
He had never once felt itchy, in the way that two connecting pieces of a jigsaw never felt itchy, as far as one could tell. If one were to imagine, for the sake of argument, that jigsaw pieces had thoughts and feelings, then it was possible to imagine them saying to themselves, 'I'm going to stay here. Where else would I go?' And if another jigsaw piece came along, offering its tabs and blanks enticingly in an attempt to lure one of the pieces away, it would be easy to resist temptation.... Nick Hornby
I have tried to live with women who share a similar sensibility to mine, with predictably disastrous consequences, but the opposite route seems every bit as hopeless. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg,..."
I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly..."
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they"re badly read, too. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "I hate time. It never does what you want it to."
I hate time. It never does what you want it to. Nick Hornby
I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: she hated them, and wanted to send them back from where they came from. Nick Hornby
Of course Tucker Crowe was in pain when he made [the record], but he couldn't just march into a recording studio and start howling. He'd have sounded mad and pathetic. He had to calm the rage, tame it and shape it so that it could be contained in the tight-fitting songs. Then he had to dress it up so that it sounded more like itself. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your..."
In other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me! Nick Hornby

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