What must that be like? To be admired before youโve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by people who have absolutely no idea what youโre like?
David NichollsTo have had fame, even very minor fame, and to have lost it, got older and maybe put on a little weight is a kind of living death.
David NichollsThe early days of any relationship are punctuated with a series of firsts - first sight, first words, first laugh, first kiss, first nudity, etc., with these shared landmarks becoming more widely spaced and innocuous as days turn to years, until eventually you're left with first visit to a National Trust property or some such.
David Nicholls