People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.
Nick HornbyIn other words, it's one of those books you thrust on your partner with an incredulous cry of "This is me!
Nick HornbyâĶI've had a bad week." What's happened?" Nothing's happened. I've had a bad week in my head, is all.
Nick Hornby