We had no irony when it came to girls, though. There was just no time to develop it. One moment they weren't there, not in any form that interested us, anyway, and the next you couldn't miss them; they were everywhere, all over the place. One moment you wanted to clonk them on the head for being your sister, or someone else's sister, and the next you wanted to....actually, we didn't know what we wanted next, but it was something. Almost overnight, all these sisters (there was no other kind of girl, not yet)had become interesting, disturbing, even.
Nick HornbyThatโs why; heโs worried about how his life is turning out, and heโs lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all
Nick Hornby[about suicide] And why is it the biggest sin of all? All your life you're told that you'll be going to this marvellous place when you pass on. And the one thing you can do to get you there a bit quicker is something that stops you getting there at all. Oh, I can see that it's a kind of queueยญjumping. But if someone jumps the queue at the Post Office, people tut. Or sometimes they say, โExcuse me, I was here first.โ They don't say, โYou will be consumed by hellfire for all eternity.โ That would be a bit strong.
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