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I've been a compulsive reader for as long as I can remember.

David Nicholls

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David Nicholls
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: November 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Eastleigh Town
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The early days of any relationship are punctuated with a series of firsts - first sight, first words, first laugh, first kiss, first nudity, etc., with these shared landmarks becoming more widely spaced and innocuous as days turn to years, until eventually you're left with first visit to a National Trust property or some such.
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I love that sound,' he mumbled into her hair. 'Blackbirds at dawn.' 'I hate it. Makes me think I've done something I'll regret.
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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.
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Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you
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And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect
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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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She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man
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Cuddling was for great aunts and teddy bears. Cuddling gave him cramp.
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To have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death.
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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
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When I was an actor, I worked with lots of men who had a bit of success early on, who were very good looking, who suddenly made a bit of money and who felt no embarrassment - and nor should they have done - about having a good time.
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She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing a poem about it.
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Work hard at . . . something.
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I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.
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Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.
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Read a book at the right age and it will stay with you for life.
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Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.
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This isn't a letter, it's a gift.
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you feel a little bit lost right now about what to do with your life, a bit rudderless and oarless and aimless but that's okay that's alright because we're all meant to be like that at twenty-four.
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And of course there is always joy in witnessing the joy of others
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