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Nick Hornby quotes

English Writer April 17, 1957

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Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by. Nick Hornby
...You can find people. It's like those acrobatic displays.... Those ones when you stand on top of loads of people in a pyramid. It doesn't really matter who they are, as long as they're there and you don't let them go away without finding someone else. Nick Hornby
I'm coming to London next week, by the way, in unhappy circumstances. Are we getting on fine as we are? Or would you like a drink? Nick Hornby
We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "Human beings are millions of things in one day."
Human beings are millions of things in one day. Nick Hornby
Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "It was the absences that had made her think, not the presences."
It was the absences that had made her think, not the presences. Nick Hornby
She was the spare room that never got tidied, the e-mail that never got answered, the loan that never got repaid, the symptom that never got described to a doctor. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I..."
If I could have all of those things, I wouldn't mind if I touched her or not. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "Maybe nobody went to see the Rolling Stones here in 1964,'..."
Maybe nobody went to see the Rolling Stones here in 1964,' said Ros. 'The dead shark was just too much fun. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "He's at the chocolate teapot end of the competency scale."
He's at the chocolate teapot end of the competency scale. Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby quote: "Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common..."
Radio football is football reduced to its lowest common denominator. Nick Hornby
I'm not telling you that suicidal people aren't so far away from people who can get by; I'm telling you that people who can get by aren't so far away from being suicidal. Nick Hornby
Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality. Nick Hornby
I'm simply pointing out that what happens to us isn't the whole story. That I continue to exist even when we're not together. Nick Hornby

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