For his thirtieth birthday he had filled a whole night-club off Regent Street; people had been queuing on the pavement to get in. The SIM card of his mobile phone in his pocket was overflowing with telephone numbers of all the hundreds of people he had met in the last ten years, and yet the only person he had ever wanted to talk to in all that time was standing now in the very next room.
David NichollsThe problem with all these fiercely individualistic girls was that they were all exactly the same.
David NichollsI suppose the important thing is to make some sort of difference,โ she siad. โYou know, actually change something.โ โWhat, like โchange the worldโ, you mean?โ โNot the whole entire world. Just the little bit around you.
David NichollsYou're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle
David Nicholls