I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic.
Nick HornbySurely we all occasionally buy books because of a daydream we're having - a little fantasy about the people we might turn into one day, when our lives are different, quieter, more introspective, and when all the urgent reading, whatever that might be, has been done. We never arrive at that point, needless to say.
Nick HornbyThere are many differences between a baby and an I-Pod. And one of the biggest is, no ones going to mug you for your baby.
Nick Hornby...I feel as though I made a face and the wind changed, and now I have to go through life grimacing in this horrible way.
Nick Hornby