David Nicholls Quotes

“Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and make a difference. Not change the world exactly, just the bit around you. Go out there with your double-first, your passion and your new Smith Corona electric typewriter and work hard at … something. Change lives through art maybe. Write beautifully. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved if at all possible.”
― David Nicholls

“Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, and look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“But the thing about Literature is, well, basically it encapsulates all the disciplines - it's history, philosophy, politics, sexual politics, sociology, psychology, linguistics, science. Literature is mankind's organised response to the world around him, or her.”
― David Nicholls, Starter for Ten

“There's a saying, cited in popular song, that if you love someone you must set them free. Well, that's just nonsense. If you love someone, you bind them to you with heavy metal chains.”
― David Nicholls, Us

“He wanted to live life to the extreme, but without any mess or complications. 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.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“To be honest, I don’t think you deserved her, but I don’t think any of us deserved her really. She was always going to be the smartest, kindest, funniest, loyalest person we would ever meet, and the fact of her not being here well it just isn’t right”
― David Nicholls

“You can’t expect people to build their lives around you”
― David Nicholls

“Vivi ogni giorno come se fosse l’ultimo”, di solito il consiglio era questo, ma chi aveva l’energia sufficiente per farlo? E se pioveva o eri di cattivo umore? Era poco pratico. Molto meglio cercare di essere coraggiosi e audaci e cambiare le cose in meglio. Non proprio il mondo, ma il pezzettino intorno a te. Coltiva le amicizia, non tradire i tuoi principi, vivi intensamente, appassionatamente. Un giorno”
― David Nicholls

“What about damp? What about flooding? Wouldn't it make sense to have a little lawn or garden as a sort of buffer zone between the house and the water? But then it wouldn't be Venice, said Connie's voice in my head. Then it would be Staines.”
― David Nicholls, Us

“Treba biti hrabar i odvažan i ostaviti traga. Ne baš promijeniti svijet, samo malo vlastite okoline.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“In the years of the great seclusion, she’d found herself wishing for darkness so that she could justify going to bed. Now she wanted to prolong the days, to wish them brighter and to occupy them fully. It would be a mistake to name it, but what was this sensation of optimism and receptiveness?”
― David Nicholls, You Are Here