When you get older, it feels like happy memories and sad memories are pretty much the same thing. It is all just emotion in the end. And any of it can make you weep.
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 HornbyShe thought I was...soulful, by which I think she means that I don't say much and I always look vaguely pissed off.
Nick HornbyWhy is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But if you have to ask the question, then you know you're lost: self-consciousness is a man's worst enemy. Already I'm wondering whether she's as aware of my erection as I am.
Nick Hornby