“A joke was not a single-use item but something you brought out again and again until it fell apart in your hand like a cheap umbrella.” UseHumorHandsJokesAgain And AgainItemsUmbrella Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.” IfsStillsHandsDifficultRoomsNovelTakenComputerPhonesPetNoisy Author:David Nicholls
“I usually write on a computer - unless I get stuck, at which point I switch to write by hand. I think that's common among writers if they get cornered on something.” IfsThinkingWritingHandsCommonComputerStuckCornered Author:David Nicholls
“Sorry' he said. 'No, I'm sorry.' 'What are you sorry for?' 'Rattling on like a mad old cow. I'm sorry, I'm tired, bad day, and I'm sorry for being so...boring.' 'You're not that boring.' 'I am, Dex. God, I swear I bore myself.' 'Well, you don't bore me.' He took her hand in his. 'You could never bore me. You're one in a million, Em.” WellsSaidHandsMillionsMadTiredSorryBoringEmsCowsBoresSwearI'm SorryBad DayI'm TiredSo BoringOne In A Million Author:David Nicholls
“[He] didn’t like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph.” ThinkingHandsPhotographVain Book:One Day Source: One Day
“He put one hand lightly on the back of her neck and simultaneously she placed one hand lightly on his hip, and they kissed in the street as all around them people hurried home in the summer light, and it was the sweetest kiss that either of them would ever know. This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today. And then it was over.” PeopleKnowsHomeHandsLightTodayStreetsKissingSummerHipsNecksSweetest 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
