David Nicholls
David Nicholls
David Alan Nichollsis an English novelist and screenwriter...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1966
mind speak
In the future, I'll be braver, she told herself. In the future, I will always speak my mind, eloquently, passionately.
be-good
Be good. Do something good.
found available
He has found himself more and more reliant on her at exactly the point that she has become less available to him.
thinking important facts
As a matter of fact, I think there are more things important in life than "relationships.
people trying ifs
She wondered if she was doomed to be one of those people who spend their lives trying things.
moving people sentimental
People change, no use getting sentimental about it. Move on, find someone else.
taken hands phones
I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking them outside the room like noisy pets.
real worry dating
Once you decide not to worry about that stuff anymore, dating and relationships and love and all that, it's like you're free to get on with real life.
return made decent
She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy
teenage drama appetite
...it's hard to overestimate the teenage appetite for high drama...
hard-work hard
Work hard at . . . something.
serious
At some point you’ll have to get serious about life.
sleepovers life-time tidy
Time to tidy up your life. Time to start again.
fine wanted sensations
Everything was fine, and she had the rare, new sensation of being exactly where she wanted to be.