“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. Eat sensibly. Stuff like that.” LoveOne DayHeartbreakRomance Book Quotes Book:One Day Source: One Day
“That's a burrito. Fill it, deep fry it, melt cheese on it, it's an enchilada. A tortilla that's been filled is a taco and a burrito that you fill yourself is a fajita.' 'So what's a tostada?' 'We'll get to that. Don't run before you can walk.” FunnyHumourOne DayTostada Book:One Day Source: One Day
“So they were pen pals now, Emma composing long, intense letters crammed with jokes and underlining, forced banter and barely concealed longing; two-thousand-word acts of love on air-mail paper. Letters, like compilation tapes, were really vehicles for unexpressed emotions and she was clearly putting far too much time and energy into them. In return, Dexter sent her postcards with insufficient postage: ‘Amsterdam is MAD’, ‘Barcelona INSANE’, ‘Dublin ROCKS. Sick as DOG this morning.’ As a travel writer, he was no Bruce Chatwin, but still she would slip the postcards in the pocket of a heavy coat on long soulful walks on Ilkley Moor, searching for some hidden meaning in ‘VENICE COMPLETELY FLOODED!!!!” LoveFriendshipOne DayDistance Author:David Nicholls
“Most of the books and films I love walk a knife edge between romance and cynicism, and I wanted 'One Day' to stay on that line. I wanted it to be moving, but without being manipulative.” BookWantedFilmRomanceMovingLinesWalksOne DayEdgesKnivesCynicismManipulative Author:David Nicholls
“I would never complain about One Day taking off but it made me painfully self-conscious for a long time.” LongMadeSelfOne DayLong TimeConsciousComplainingSelf Conscious Author:David Nicholls
“Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance” IfsWellsChancePrinciplesOne DayCherishNew ThingsStay TrueNew Years ResolutionLive PassionatelyExperience New Things Book:One Day Source: One Day
“The attraction of a life devoted to sensation, pleasure and self would probably wear thin one day, but there was still plenty of time for that yet.” StillsSelfPleasureOne DayAttractionPlentySensationsDevoted Book:One Day Source: One Day
“You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule.” DangerousOne DayDrugMouthsSlipsCyanide Author:David Nicholls
“I think what it is is, if you're in school and you're not that bright or good-looking or popular or whatever, and one day you say something and someone laughs, well, you sort of grab onto it, don't you? You think, well I run funny and I've got this stupid big face and big thighs and no-one fancies me, but at least I can make people laugh. And it's such a nice feeling, making someone laugh, that maybe you get a bit reliant on it. Like, if you;re not funny then you're not...anything” PeopleIfsThinkingWellsI CanFeelingsBigsRunningSchoolFacesBitsLaughingNiceStupidOne DayFancyLooking GoodMaking People LaughThighsNice Feeling Author:David Nicholls
“Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.” Love YouLike YouOne DaySorryI'm SorryLove You So MuchI Love You So Much Author:David Nicholls
