“[instructing new immigrant] You have to think like an American. You'll feel so homesick that you'll want to die, and there's nothing you can do about it apart from endure it. But you will, and it won't kill you. And one day the sun will come out—you might not even notice straight away, it'll be that faint. And then you'll catch yourself thinking about something or someone who has no connection with the past. Someone who's only yours. And you'll realize...that this is where your life is.”
More from Nick Hornby
“The life I want, there's no shortcut.”
“I'd be perfectly happy with a tin of salmon.”
“Nobody does anything worth doing with a degree.”
“I'm trying to work out what makes good things good.”