“I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.” PeopleKnowsBelieveBookValuesReadingLiteratureLostFictionParticularReaderHabitEntertainmentEnjoyedSentimentalFrivolousSentimental Value Author:David Nicholls
“An adaptation leads the cinema-goer to the original to find out what they're missing and if they already know the book, it can still illuminate a theme, a character, an idea.” IfsKnowsStillsBookIdeasCharacterMissingOriginalsCinemaThemeAdaptation Author:David Nicholls
“You know what i can't understand? You have all these people telling you all the time how great you are, smart and funny and talented and all that, i mean endlessly, i've been telling you for years. So why don't you believe it? why do you think people say that stuff, Em? Do you think it's a conspiracy, people secretly ganging up to be nice about you?” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveMeanI CanStuffNiceSmartEmsConspiracyBeing NiceCheer UpSmart And FunnyGanging Up Author:David Nicholls
“She glanced across to where Tilly and her brand new husband were posing for photographs, Tilly fluttering a fan coquettishly in front of her face. 'Unfortunately I didn't realise there was a French Revolutionary theme.' 'The Marie-Antoinette thing?' said Dexter. 'Well at least we know there'll be cake.” KnowsWellsSaidFacesFansFrontsHusbandPhotographBrandsRevolutionaryThemeRealisingCakeBrand NewMariePosingFluttering Author:David Nicholls
“Oh you know me. I have no emotions. I'm a robot. Or a nun. A robot nun.” KnowsEmotionKnow MeRobotsNun Book:One Day Source: One Day
“I love him, she thought. I'm just not in love with him and also I don't love him. I've tried, I've strained to love him but I can't. I am building a life with a man I don't love, and I don't know what to do about it.” KnowsMenI CanBuildingI Love Him Author:David Nicholls
“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
“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
“I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,’ she siad. ‘You know, actually change something.’ ‘What, like “change the world”, you mean?’ ‘Not the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.” KnowsWorldMeanLittlesImportantWholeBitsDifferencesLittle BitImportant ThingsChanging The World Author:David Nicholls
