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…surprised all over again at how very comforting very bad food can be.

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Eastleigh Town
Comforting
Surprised
Food

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She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man
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No matter how predictable, banal and listless the rest of my life might be, you can guarantee that there'll always be something interesting going on with my skin.
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Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.
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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.
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The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did.
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I'm trying to be inspiring! I'm trying to lift your grubby soul for the great adventure that lies ahead of you!
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Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you
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