Sitting at the table with the kids, and being told off like a kid, has liberated me; my disenfranchisement has empowered me.
Nick HornbyIt takes a child to say the unsayable.
Nick HornbyCynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like too many things, and I'm not envious of enough people - I know enough to get by.
Nick HornbyIs it possible to want to divorce a man simply because he doesn't want to be rude about Ginger Spice? I rather fear it might be.
Nick HornbyFunny + sad is what I'm pitching for, every time.
Nick HornbyTag: writing
Sorry Maureen.
Nick HornbyI used to believe, although I don't now, that growing and growing up are analogous, that both are inevitable and uncontrollable processes. Now it seems to me that growing up is governed by the will, that one can choose to become an adult, but only at given moments. These moments come along fairly infrequently -during crises in relationships, for example, or when one has been given the chance to start afresh somewhere- and one can ignore them or seize them.
Nick HornbyTag: life football fever-pitch
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 HornbyTag: life humour fever-pitch fooball
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too.
Nick HornbyWhat really matters is what you like, not what you are like
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