Quotes by Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down

Explore a curated collection of 22 quotes by Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
I read the fuck out of every book I can get my hands on. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
A man who wants to die feels angry and full of life and desperate and bored and exhausted, all at the same time; he want — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
You're not allowed to say anything about books because they're books, and books are, you know, God. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
There isn't so much to be afraid of, out there. I can remember thinking it was funny to find that out, on the last night — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
Jess thought for a moment. 'You know those films where people fight up the top of the Empire State Building or up a moun — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
When someone uses the phrase ‘the prick one’, and you know immediately that this is a synonym for the word ‘metaphorical — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
There were only seven years between the first and last Beatles albums. That's nothing, seven years, when you think of ho — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
I'd hoped for someone who was remarkably intelligent, but disadvantaged by home circumstance, someone who only needed an — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
A middle-aged woman who looked like someone's cleaning lady, a shrieking adolescent lunatic and a talkshow host with an — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
You're fucked. You thought you were going to be someone, but now it's obvious you're nobody. You haven't got as much tal — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
And another way of explaining it is to say that shit happens, and there's no space too small, too dark and airless and f — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
[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 — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
Knowing that you want to die makes you less scared. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
I could feel the weight of everything then --- the weight of loneliness, of everything that had gone wrong. I felt heroi — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
Look at the statistics. You're more likely to top yourself if you've just gone through a divorce. Or if you're anorexic. — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
Bad thing upon bad thing upon bad thing until you can't take anymore, and then it's off to the nearest multistory car pa — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
I don't know you. The only thing I know about you is, you're reading this. I don't know if your happy or not; I don't kn — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down
You’re seeing someone else, aren’t you?" Seeing someone else? How on earth could that explain any of this? Why would see — Nick Hornby, A Long Way Down