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Nick Hornby Quotes

The outward manifestations of an inner combustion are never very directed Picture Quote #1

I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand Picture Quote #1

It’s not what you like but what you are like that’s important Picture Quote #1

The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product Picture Quote #1

Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth Picture Quote #1

Then I lost it. Kinda lost it all, you know. Faith, dignity, about fifteen pounds Picture Quote #1

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Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways Picture Quote #1

It’s no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won’t find anything that you can build into a coherent whole Picture Quote #1

Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they’re not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty Picture Quote #1

Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it’s just a drag, like a cold or having no money Picture Quote #1

I don’t want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them! Picture Quote #1

We can’t be as good as we’d want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while Picture Quote #1

It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party Picture Quote #1

Love, it turns out, is as undemocratic as money, so it accumulates around people who have plenty of it already: the sane, the healthy, the lovable Picture Quote #1

The truth will set you free. Either that or it’ll get you a punch in the nose Picture Quote #1

Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens Picture Quote #1

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I love the relationship that anyone has with music... because there’s something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out... It’s the best part of us probably Picture Quote #1

Asking the head I have now to explain its own thinking is as pointless as dialing your own telephone number on your own telephone: Either way, you get an engaged signal. Or your own answer message, if you have that kind of phone system Picture Quote #1

I’ve committed to nothing... and that’s just suicide... by tiny, tiny increments Picture Quote #1

I’m a good person. In most ways. But I’m beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn’t count for anything very much, if you’re a bad person in one way Picture Quote #1

Phone calls like ours only happen when you’ve spent several years hurting and being hurt, until every work you utter or hear becomes coded and loaded, as complicated and full of subtext as a bleak and brilliant play Picture Quote #1

It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until I have found some space, some air that isn’t stale, that hasn’t been breathed by my family a thousand times already Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

... I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way Picture Quote #1

It’s just that romance, with its dips and turns and glooms and highs, its swoops and swoons and blues, is a natural metaphor for music itself Picture Quote #1

I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person? Picture Quote #1

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The outward manifestations of an inner combustion are never very directed (Nick Hornby Quotes) I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s not what you like but what you are like that’s important (Nick Hornby Quotes) The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product (Nick Hornby Quotes) Like all books that have that kind of momentum, it starts from word of mouth (Nick Hornby Quotes) Then I lost it. Kinda lost it all, you know. Faith, dignity, about fifteen pounds (Nick Hornby Quotes) Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s no good looking to writers for definitions of what constitutes proper writing, because you will drive yourself crazy, and you won’t find anything that you can build into a coherent whole (Nick Hornby Quotes) Every time people force themselves to carry on with a book they’re not enjoying, they reinforce the idea that reading is a duty (Nick Hornby Quotes) Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it’s just a drag, like a cold or having no money (Nick Hornby Quotes) I don’t want my books to exclude anyone, but if they have to, then I would rather they excluded the people who feel they are too smart for them! (Nick Hornby Quotes) We can’t be as good as we’d want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness? (Nick Hornby Quotes) 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 (Nick Hornby Quotes) There had been times when he knew, somewhere in him, that he would get used to it, whatever it was, because he had learnt that some hard things became softer after a very little while (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn’t even speak to each other if they met at a party (Nick Hornby Quotes) Love, it turns out, is as undemocratic as money, so it accumulates around people who have plenty of it already: the sane, the healthy, the lovable (Nick Hornby Quotes) The truth will set you free. Either that or it’ll get you a punch in the nose (Nick Hornby Quotes) Telling me I can do anything I want is like pulling the plug out of the bath and then telling the water it can go anywhere it wants. Try it, and see what happens (Nick Hornby Quotes) I love the relationship that anyone has with music... because there’s something in us that is beyond the reach of words, something that eludes and defies our best attempts to spit it out... It’s the best part of us probably (Nick Hornby Quotes) Asking the head I have now to explain its own thinking is as pointless as dialing your own telephone number on your own telephone: Either way, you get an engaged signal. Or your own answer message, if you have that kind of phone system (Nick Hornby Quotes) I’ve committed to nothing... and that’s just suicide... by tiny, tiny increments (Nick Hornby Quotes) I’m a good person. In most ways. But I’m beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn’t count for anything very much, if you’re a bad person in one way (Nick Hornby Quotes) Phone calls like ours only happen when you’ve spent several years hurting and being hurt, until every work you utter or hear becomes coded and loaded, as complicated and full of subtext as a bleak and brilliant play (Nick Hornby Quotes) It is the act of reading itself that I miss, the opportunity to retreat further and further from the world until I have found some space, some air that isn’t stale, that hasn’t been breathed by my family a thousand times already (Nick Hornby Quotes) 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 (Nick Hornby Quotes) ... I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s just that romance, with its dips and turns and glooms and highs, its swoops and swoons and blues, is a natural metaphor for music itself (Nick Hornby Quotes) I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal (Nick Hornby Quotes) 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 (Nick Hornby Quotes) What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person? (Nick Hornby Quotes)

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