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You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God.

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Nick Hornby
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: April 17
Essayist
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Nicholas Peter John Hornby
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I fell in love with football as I was later to fall in love with women: suddenly, inexplicably, uncritically, giving no thought to the pain or disruption it would bring with it.
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So now what? What happens when words fail us?
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Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.
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So it's not about what you do. It can't be, can it? It has to be about how you are, how you love, how you treat yourself and those around you, and that's where I get eaten up.
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my friends don't seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven't lost.
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You don't ask people with knives in their stomachs what would make them happy happiness is no longer the point. It's all about survival it's all about whether you pull the knife out and bleed to death or keep it in.
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What harm has he ever done to you?' 'You know what harm he's done me. He offended me with his terrible taste.
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I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.
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