“There's something unnatural about a woman finding babies or, more specifically, conversation about babies, boring. They'll think she's bitter, jealous, lonely. But she's also bored of everybody telling her how lucky she is, what with all that sleep and all that freedom and spare time, the ability to go on dates or head off to Paris at a moments notice. It sounds like they're consoling her, and she resents this and feels patronized by it.” ThinkingFeelsMomentsSoundSleepAbilityBabyGoes OnLuckyConversationFindingsLonelyBoringBitterBoredParisJealousSparesUnnaturalResentSpare TimeConsoling Author:David Nicholls
“Well, it's so hard for books to take off. You give years of your life to something that probably won't happen, so when it does, it feels a little unjust.” GivingFeelsYearsWellsLittlesDoeBookHardHappensUnjust Author:David Nicholls
“you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.” FeelsLittlesLostBitsFourRight NowLittle BitOkayTwentiesMeant To BeAlright Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I can't believe it's actually happening. This is independent adulthood, this is what it feels like. Shouldn't there be some sort of ritual? In certain remote African tribes there'd be some incredible four day rites of passage ceremony involving tattooing and potent hallucinogenic drugs extracted from tree-frogs, and village elders smearing my body with monkey blood, but here,rites of passage is all about three new pairs of pants and stuffing your duvet in a bin-liner.” FeelsBelieveI CanBodyCertainThreeFourTreeBloodDrugHappeningsIndependentIncrediblesPairsVillageRitualPassagesPantsAdulthoodTribesMonkeysCeremonyEldersFrogsInvolvingRiteRite Of PassageHallucinogenic DrugsAfrican TribesDuvets Book:A Question of Attraction: A Novel Source: A Question of Attraction: A Novel
“She had never been a proficient flirt. Her spasms of kittenish behaviour were graceless and inept, like normal conversation on roller skates. but the combination of the retsina and sun made Emma feel sentimental and light-headed. She reached for her roller skates.” FeelsMadeLightSunConversationNormalCombinationBehaviourSentimentalFlirtingSkatesEmma Book:One Day Source: One Day
“These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through.” FeelsEnoughSeemsGriefDangerWalkingSafeRiversThese DaysFrozenPlunge Author:David Nicholls
“But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel — independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.” FeelsCharacterNovelIndependentSparks Author:David Nicholls
“Occasionally, very occasionally, say at four o’clock in the afternoon on a wet Sunday, she feels panic-stricken and almost breathless with loneliness. Once or twice she has been known to pick up the phone to check that it isn’t broken. Sometimes she thinks how nice it would be to be woken by a call in the night: ‘get in a taxi now’ or ‘I need to see you, we need to talk’. But at the best of times she feels like a character in a Muriel Spark novel – independent, bookish, sharp-minded, secretly romantic.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsHas BeensSometimesCharacterWould BeNightKnownNovelFourNiceLonelinessBrokenPicksIndependentPhonesChecksClockSundaySparksAfternoonPanicWetTaxiBreathless Book:One Day Source: One Day
“He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making Emma Morley laugh.” FeelsMomentsFeelingsLaughingLaughterThat MomentChestsEmma Author:David Nicholls
“I tell you what it is. It's...when I didn't see you, I thought about you every day, I mean every day in some way or another -" "Same here -" "- even if it was just 'I wish Dexter could see this' or 'where's Dexter now?' or 'Christ, that Dexter, what an idiot', you know what I mean, and seeing you today, well, I thought I'd got you back - my best friend. And now all this, the wedding, the baby - I'm so happy for you, Dex. But it feels like I've lost you again.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsWellsMeanTodayLostWishChristSeeingBabyIdiotMy Best FriendYou AgainLost You Author:David Nicholls
“These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through. Now he hears the ice creak beneath him, and so intense and panicking is the sensation that he has to stand for a moment, press his hands to his face and catch his breath.” FeelsEnoughMomentsHandsSeemsFacesGriefDangerWalkingSafeRiversBreathsPressesIntenseIceThese DaysSensationsFrozenPlunge Book:One Day Source: One Day
