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Dont run before you can walk

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David Nicholls
Age: 57
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Dont
Walk
Walks
Running

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Mortified at the speed with which intimacy evaporates.
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I suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference.
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…and Emma felt another small portion of her soul fall away.
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I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades.
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If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place
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Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.
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I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.
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This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.
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