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Nick Hornby Quotes

To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one Picture Quote #1

It’s just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle Picture Quote #1

Maybe the best thing to do with favorite books is to leave them be: to achieve such exalted position means that they entered your life at exactly the right time, in precisely the right place, and those conditions can never be recreated Picture Quote #1

That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all Picture Quote #1

We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts Picture Quote #1

This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn’t so bad in the first place Picture Quote #1

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Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go Picture Quote #1

The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind you Picture Quote #1

You know that things aren’t going well for you when you can’t even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they’ll presume you’re asking them to feel sorry for you Picture Quote #1

And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do Picture Quote #1

I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood Picture Quote #1

I don’t think you can call it stalking when it’s just phone calls and letters and emails and knocking on the door Picture Quote #1

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For the best part of 40 years she had genuinely believed that not doing things would somehow prevent regret, when, of course, the exact opposite was true Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We were little animals, which is not to imply that by the end of the week we were tearing our tank tops off; just that, metaphorically speaking, we had begun to sniff each other’s bottoms, and we did not find the odor entirely repellent Picture Quote #1

I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny, sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat doors, which allowed them to wander in and out of our conversation at will Picture Quote #1

She thought I was... soulful, by which I think she means that I don’t say much and I always look vaguely pissed off Picture Quote #1

My friends don’t seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven’t lost Picture Quote #1

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When you get older, it feels like happy memories and sad memories are pretty much the same thing. It is all just emotion in the end. And any of it can make you weep Picture Quote #1

We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they’re badly read, too Picture Quote #1

I’m not telling you that suicidal people aren’t so far away from people who can get by; I’m telling you that people who can get by aren’t so far away from being suicidal Picture Quote #1

It’s a mystery of human chemistry and I don’t understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home Picture Quote #1

You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn’t force your way into someone else’s, because then it wouldn’t be a bubble any more Picture Quote #1

We’re here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles? Picture Quote #1

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One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was supposed to, if you thought about it Picture Quote #1

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point Picture Quote #1

We get together with people because they’re the same or because they’re different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons Picture Quote #1

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don’t need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone Picture Quote #1

There isn’t so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on the last night of my life; I’d spent the rest of it being afraid of everything Picture Quote #1

We have one of those conversations where every thing clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement Picture Quote #1

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To me, making a tape is like writing a letter – there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s just that none of us had the wit or talent to make them into songs. We made them into life, which much messier, and more time consuming, and leaves nothing for anybody to whistle (Nick Hornby Quotes) Maybe the best thing to do with favorite books is to leave them be: to achieve such exalted position means that they entered your life at exactly the right time, in precisely the right place, and those conditions can never be recreated (Nick Hornby Quotes) That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all (Nick Hornby Quotes) We spent all those years talking about stuff we had in common, and the last few months noticing all the ways we were different and it broke both of our hearts (Nick Hornby Quotes) This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn’t so bad in the first place (Nick Hornby Quotes) Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go (Nick Hornby Quotes) The truth about life was that nothing ever ended until you died, and even then you just left a whole bunch of unresolved narratives behind you (Nick Hornby Quotes) You know that things aren’t going well for you when you can’t even tell people the simplest fact about your life, just because they’ll presume you’re asking them to feel sorry for you (Nick Hornby Quotes) And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do (Nick Hornby Quotes) I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood (Nick Hornby Quotes) I don’t think you can call it stalking when it’s just phone calls and letters and emails and knocking on the door (Nick Hornby Quotes) For the best part of 40 years she had genuinely believed that not doing things would somehow prevent regret, when, of course, the exact opposite was true (Nick Hornby Quotes) 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 (Nick Hornby Quotes) We were little animals, which is not to imply that by the end of the week we were tearing our tank tops off; just that, metaphorically speaking, we had begun to sniff each other’s bottoms, and we did not find the odor entirely repellent (Nick Hornby Quotes) I had to nurture those doubts as if they were tiny, sickly kittens, until eventually they became sturdy, healthy grievances, with their own cat doors, which allowed them to wander in and out of our conversation at will (Nick Hornby Quotes) She thought I was... soulful, by which I think she means that I don’t say much and I always look vaguely pissed off (Nick Hornby Quotes) My friends don’t seem to be friends at all but people whose phone numbers I haven’t lost (Nick Hornby Quotes) When you get older, it feels like happy memories and sad memories are pretty much the same thing. It is all just emotion in the end. And any of it can make you weep (Nick Hornby Quotes) We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they’re badly read, too (Nick Hornby Quotes) I’m not telling you that suicidal people aren’t so far away from people who can get by; I’m telling you that people who can get by aren’t so far away from being suicidal (Nick Hornby Quotes) It’s a mystery of human chemistry and I don’t understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home (Nick Hornby Quotes) You had to live in your own bubble. You couldn’t force your way into someone else’s, because then it wouldn’t be a bubble any more (Nick Hornby Quotes) We’re here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles? (Nick Hornby Quotes) One thing about great art: it made you love people more, forgive them their petty transgressions. It worked in the way that religion was supposed to, if you thought about it (Nick Hornby Quotes) The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point (Nick Hornby Quotes) We get together with people because they’re the same or because they’re different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons (Nick Hornby Quotes) The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don’t need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone (Nick Hornby Quotes) There isn’t so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on the last night of my life; I’d spent the rest of it being afraid of everything (Nick Hornby Quotes) We have one of those conversations where every thing clicks, meshes, corresponds, locks, where even our pauses, even our punctuation marks, seem to be nodding in agreement (Nick Hornby Quotes)

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