Nick Hornby Quotes

You wouldn't believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended.

~ Nick Hornby

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

There were about seventy-nine squillion people in the world, and if you were very lucky, you would end up being loved by fifteen or twenty of them.

~ Nick Hornby

Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem…and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.

~ Nick Hornby

Experience, then, was something that enabled you to do nothing with a clear conscience. Experience was an overrated quality.

~ Nick Hornby

What good were real feelings anyway?

~ Nick Hornby