“Their lips touched now, mouths pursed tight, their eyes open, both of them stock still. The moment held, a kind of such glorious confusion.” MomentsChoicesChangeKissHeartacheBest FriendsUnproclaimed Love Author:David Nicholls
“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
“And they did have fun, though it was of different kind now. All that yearning and passion had been replaced by a steady pulse of pleasure and satisfaction and occasional irritation, and this seemed to be a happy exchange; if there had been moments in her life when she had been more elated, there had never been a time when things had been more constant.” IfsKindDifferentMomentsPassionFunPleasureConstantSatisfactionHaving FunSteadyDifferent KindsYearningReplacedOccasionalPulseIrritation Author:David Nicholls
“A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck.” SaidMomentsFacesFeltHalfLaughingArmsNecksEmma Author:David Nicholls
“She realises that if she is to save the show she is going to have to improvise a rousing speech, one of the many Henry V moments that make up her working life.” IfsMomentsShowsSpeechRealisingWorking LifeHenry V Author:David Nicholls
“And it was at moments like this that she had to remind herself that she was in love with him, or had once been in love with him, a long time ago.” LongMomentsLong TimeLong Time AgoBeen In Love Author:David Nicholls
“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'm just not prepared to be treated like this anymore.' 'Treated like what?' She sighed, and it was a moment before she spoke. 'Like you always want to be somewhere else, with someone else.” WantMomentsLike YouPreparedTreatedSpokesSomewhere Else 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
